About Um Lawang Village

Um Lawang is a small village in Khliehriat tehsil, in the district of Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 309, made up of 167 males and 142 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 850 females per 1000 males. Its pincode is 793160, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Um Lawang Overview

Census 2011 figures for Um Lawang village
Description	Value
State	Meghalaya
District	Jaintia Hills
Tehsil	Khliehriat
Pincode	793160
Population	309
Male Population	167
Female Population	142
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	850
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Um Lawang compares

By the 2011 count Um Lawang is the 71st largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 827 residents. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1002.

Getting to Um Lawang

Um Lawang is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Um Lawang as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Um Lawang from other places

Um Lawang lies about 8.4 km from Jaintia Hills, and the nearest railway station is Ditokcherra, about 46 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 Um Lawang
Tehsil headquarters	Khliehriat	8.4 km
District headquarters	Jaintia Hills	8.4 km
Nearest town	Jowai	28 km
Nearest railway station	Ditokcherra	46 km

Villages closest to Um Lawang

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Khliehriat 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 Um Lawang

As per the Census of India 2011, Um Lawang village had a population of 309. That makes it the 71st largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 827 residents.

Um Lawang village has 167 males and 142 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Um Lawang has about 850 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1002.

The pincode recorded for Um Lawang is 793160. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Um Lawang falls under Khliehriat tehsil of Jaintia Hills district in Meghalaya.

The nearest railway station to Um Lawang is Ditokcherra, about 46 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Um Lawang.

Um Lawang is about 8.4 km from Jaintia Hills in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Um Lawang is in Khliehriat tehsil of Jaintia Hills district. Khliehriat is about 8.4 km away. Jaintia Hills is about 8.4 km away. Jowai is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.