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About Umblai Village

Umblai is a small village in Shella Bholaganj tehsil, in the district of East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 113, made up of 61 males and 52 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 852 females per 1000 males. Its pincode is 793111, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Umblai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Umblai village
Description Value
State Meghalaya
District East Khasi Hills
Tehsil Shella Bholaganj
Pincode 793111
Population 113
Male Population 61
Female Population 52
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 852
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 Umblai compares

By the 2011 count Umblai is the 86th largest of the 123 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 344 residents. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 969.

Getting to Umblai

Umblai is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Umblai 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 Umblai from other places

Umblai lies about 23 km from East Khasi Hills, and the nearest railway station is শাহবাজপুর, about 80 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 Umblai
Nearest town Shella 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Shella Bholaganj 23 km
District headquarters East Khasi Hills 23 km
Nearest railway station শাহবাজপুর 80 km

Villages closest to Umblai

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Shella Bholaganj 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 Umblai

As per the Census of India 2011, Umblai village had a population of 113. That makes it the 86th largest of the 123 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 344 residents.

Umblai village has 61 males and 52 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Umblai has about 852 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 969.

The pincode recorded for Umblai is 793111. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Umblai falls under Shella Bholaganj tehsil of East Khasi Hills district in Meghalaya.

The nearest railway station to Umblai is শাহবাজপুর, about 80 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 Umblai.

Umblai is about 23 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.

Umblai is in Shella Bholaganj tehsil of East Khasi Hills district. Shella is about 11 km away. Shella Bholaganj is about 23 km away. East Khasi Hills is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mawphu (2.3 km), Mawsahew (2.5 km) and Mawkawir (3.0 km).

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

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