About Umshem Village

Umshem is a small village in Nongstoin tehsil, in the district of West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 99, made up of 51 males and 48 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 941 females per 1000 males. Its pincode is 793119, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Umshem Overview

Census 2011 figures for Umshem village
Description	Value
State	Meghalaya
District	West Khasi Hills
Tehsil	Nongstoin
Pincode	793119
Population	99
Male Population	51
Female Population	48
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	941
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 Umshem compares

By the 2011 count Umshem is the 169th largest of the 226 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 231 residents. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 989.

Getting to Umshem

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

Umshem lies about 21 km from West Khasi Hills, and the nearest railway station is Boko, about 31 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 Umshem
District headquarters	West Khasi Hills	21 km
Tehsil headquarters	Nongstoin	23 km
Nearest railway station	Boko	31 km

Villages closest to Umshem

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 Umshem

As per the Census of India 2011, Umshem village had a population of 99. That makes it the 169th largest of the 226 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 231 residents.

Umshem village has 51 males and 48 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Umshem has about 941 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 989.

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

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

The nearest railway station to Umshem is Boko, about 31 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 Umshem.

Umshem is about 21 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.

Umshem is in Nongstoin tehsil of West Khasi Hills district. West Khasi Hills is about 21 km away. Nongstoin is about 23 km away. Boko is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.