About Umkon Village

Umkon is a mid sized village in Umling tehsil, in the district of Ribhoi, Meghalaya. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 807, made up of 391 males and 416 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,064 females per 1000 males. Its pincode is 793102, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Umkon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Umkon village
Description	Value
State	Meghalaya
District	Ribhoi
Tehsil	Umling
Pincode	793102
Population	807
Male Population	391
Female Population	416
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,064
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 Umkon compares

By the 2011 count Umkon is the 14th largest of the 197 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 352 residents. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 991.

Getting to Umkon

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

Umkon lies about 20 km from Ribhoi, and the nearest railway station is Kamalajari, about 16 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 Umkon
Nearest railway station	Kamalajari	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Umling	20 km
District headquarters	Ribhoi	20 km
Nearest town	Guwahati	37 km

Villages closest to Umkon

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Umling 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 Umkon

As per the Census of India 2011, Umkon village had a population of 807. That makes it the 14th largest of the 197 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 352 residents.

Umkon village has 391 males and 416 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Umkon has about 1064 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 991.

The pincode recorded for Umkon is 793102. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Umkon falls under Umling tehsil of Ribhoi district in Meghalaya.

The nearest railway station to Umkon is Kamalajari, about 16 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 Umkon.

Umkon is about 20 km from Ribhoi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Umkon is in Umling tehsil of Ribhoi district. Kamalajari is about 16 km away. Umling is about 20 km away. Ribhoi is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.