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Pongching Population - Longleng, Nagaland

Pongching is a medium size village located in Longleng Circle of Longleng district, Nagaland with total 371 families residing. The Pongching village has population of 1710 of which 901 are males while 809 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pongching village population of children with age 0-6 is 365 which makes up 21.35 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pongching village is 898 which is lower than Nagaland state average of 931. Child Sex Ratio for the Pongching as per census is 789, lower than Nagaland average of 943.

Pongching village has lower literacy rate compared to Nagaland. In 2011, literacy rate of Pongching village was 60.37 % compared to 79.55 % of Nagaland. In Pongching Male literacy stands at 64.71 % while female literacy rate was 55.71 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Pongching village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Pongching village.

Pongching Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 371 - -
Population 1,710 901 809
Child (0-6) 365 204 161
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 1,705 899 806
Literacy 60.37 % 64.71 % 55.71 %
Total Workers 985 499 486
Main Worker 800 - -
Marginal Worker 185 81 104

Caste Factor

In Pongching village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.71 % of total population in Pongching village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Pongching village of Longleng.

Work Profile

In Pongching village out of total population, 985 were engaged in work activities. 81.22 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 18.78 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 985 workers engaged in Main Work, 755 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.