About Umsaw Village

Umsaw is a small village in Nongstoin tehsil, in the district of West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 255, made up of 127 males and 128 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,008 females per 1000 males. Its pincode is 793119, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Umsaw Overview

Census 2011 figures for Umsaw village
Description	Value
State	Meghalaya
District	West Khasi Hills
Tehsil	Nongstoin
Pincode	793119
Population	255
Male Population	127
Female Population	128
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,008
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 Umsaw compares

By the 2011 count Umsaw is the 73rd largest of the 226 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 231 residents. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 989.

Getting to Umsaw

Umsaw is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Umsaw 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 Umsaw from other places

Umsaw lies about 45 km from West Khasi Hills, and the nearest railway station is Boko, about 88 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	Shella	28 km
Tehsil headquarters	Nongstoin	35 km
District headquarters	West Khasi Hills	45 km
Nearest railway station	Boko	88 km

Villages closest to Umsaw

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Nongstoin 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 255. That makes it the 73rd largest of the 226 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 231 residents.

Umsaw village has 127 males and 128 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Umsaw has about 1008 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 989.

The pincode recorded for Umsaw is 793119. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Umsaw falls under Nongstoin tehsil of West Khasi Hills district in Meghalaya.

The nearest railway station to Umsaw is Boko, about 88 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 Umsaw.

Umsaw is about 45 km from West Khasi Hills in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Umsaw is in Nongstoin tehsil of West Khasi Hills district. Shella is about 28 km away. Nongstoin is about 35 km away. West Khasi Hills is about 45 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.