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About Umlynter Balat Village

Umlynter Balat is a small village in Mawsynram tehsil, in the district of East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 34, made up of 17 males and 17 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. Its pincode is 793121, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Umlynter Balat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Umlynter Balat village
Description Value
State Meghalaya
District East Khasi Hills
Tehsil Mawsynram
Pincode 793121
Population 34
Male Population 17
Female Population 17
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Umlynter Balat compares

By the 2011 count Umlynter Balat is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 336 residents. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 978.

Getting to Umlynter Balat

Umlynter Balat is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Umlynter Balat as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Umlynter Balat from other places

Umlynter Balat lies about 49 km from East Khasi Hills, and the nearest railway station is Boko, about 90 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Umlynter Balat
Tehsil headquarters Mawsynram 23 km
Nearest town Shella 26 km
District headquarters East Khasi Hills 49 km
Nearest railway station Boko 90 km

Villages closest to Umlynter Balat

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Mawsynram tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Umlynter Balat

As per the Census of India 2011, Umlynter Balat village had a population of 34. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 336 residents.

Umlynter Balat village has 17 males and 17 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Umlynter Balat has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 978.

The pincode recorded for Umlynter Balat is 793121. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Umlynter Balat falls under Mawsynram tehsil of East Khasi Hills district in Meghalaya.

The nearest railway station to Umlynter Balat is Boko, about 90 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Umlynter Balat.

Umlynter Balat is about 49 km from East Khasi Hills in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Umlynter Balat is in Mawsynram tehsil of East Khasi Hills district. Mawsynram is about 23 km away. Shella is about 26 km away. East Khasi Hills is about 49 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dangar Dombah (2.1 km), Dombah (2.1 km) and Laitumsaw (2.5 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Umlynter Balat today is likely to be higher.

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