About Umwai Village

Umwai is a mid sized village in Shella Bholaganj tehsil, in the district of East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 546, made up of 285 males and 261 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 916 females per 1000 males. Its pincode is 793110, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Umwai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Umwai village
Description	Value
State	Meghalaya
District	East Khasi Hills
Tehsil	Shella Bholaganj
Pincode	793110
Population	546
Male Population	285
Female Population	261
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	916
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Umwai compares

By the 2011 count Umwai is the 25th largest of the 123 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 344 residents. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 969.

Getting to Umwai

Umwai is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Umwai as Available within village. 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 Umwai from other places

Umwai lies about 24 km from East Khasi Hills, and the nearest railway station is শাহবাজপুর, about 72 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 Umwai
Nearest town	Shella	8.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shella Bholaganj	24 km
District headquarters	East Khasi Hills	24 km
Nearest railway station	শাহবাজপুর	72 km

Villages closest to Umwai

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.

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Common questions about Umwai

As per the Census of India 2011, Umwai village had a population of 546. That makes it the 25th largest of the 123 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 344 residents.

Umwai village has 285 males and 261 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Umwai has about 916 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 969.

The pincode recorded for Umwai is 793110. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

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

The nearest railway station to Umwai is শাহবাজপুর, about 72 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Umwai.

Umwai is about 24 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.

Umwai is in Shella Bholaganj tehsil of East Khasi Hills district. Shella is about 8.1 km away. Shella Bholaganj is about 24 km away. East Khasi Hills is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.