About Umsaw Village

Umsaw is a small village in Umsning tehsil, in the district of Ribhoi, Meghalaya. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 231, made up of 129 males and 102 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 791 females per 1000 males. Its pincode is 793105, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Umsaw Overview

Census 2011 figures for Umsaw village
Description	Value
State	Meghalaya
District	Ribhoi
Tehsil	Umsning
Pincode	793105
Population	231
Male Population	129
Female Population	102
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	791
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Umsaw compares

By the 2011 count Umsaw is the 195th largest of the 271 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 488 residents. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 971.

Getting to Umsaw

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

Umsaw lies about 36 km from Ribhoi, and the nearest railway station is Kamalajari, about 66 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 Umsaw
Nearest town	Shillong	7.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Umsning	26 km
District headquarters	Ribhoi	36 km
Nearest railway station	Kamalajari	66 km

Villages closest to Umsaw

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Umsaw village had a population of 231. That makes it the 195th largest of the 271 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 488 residents.

Umsaw village has 129 males and 102 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Umsaw has about 791 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 971.

The pincode recorded for Umsaw is 793105. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Umsaw falls under Umsning tehsil of Ribhoi district in Meghalaya.

The nearest railway station to Umsaw is Kamalajari, about 66 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 village for Umsaw.

Umsaw is about 36 km from Ribhoi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Umsaw is in Umsning tehsil of Ribhoi district. Shillong is about 7.4 km away. Umsning is about 26 km away. Ribhoi is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.