Pongo Population - Longleng, Nagaland

Pongo is a large village located in Sakshi Circle of Longleng district, Nagaland with total 466 families residing. The Pongo village has population of 2586 of which 1352 are males while 1234 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pongo village population of children with age 0-6 is 557 which makes up 21.54 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pongo village is 913 which is lower than Nagaland state average of 931. Child Sex Ratio for the Pongo as per census is 814, lower than Nagaland average of 943.

Pongo village has lower literacy rate compared to Nagaland. In 2011, literacy rate of Pongo village was 59.83 % compared to 79.55 % of Nagaland. In Pongo Male literacy stands at 63.83 % while female literacy rate was 55.59 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Pongo 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 Pongo village.

Pongo Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	466	-	-
Population	2,586	1,352	1,234
Child (0-6)	557	307	250
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	2,558	1,335	1,223
Literacy	59.83 %	63.83 %	55.59 %
Total Workers	1,675	871	804
Main Worker	992	-	-
Marginal Worker	683	365	318

Caste Factor

In Pongo village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.92 % of total population in Pongo village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Pongo village of Longleng.

Work Profile

In Pongo village out of total population, 1675 were engaged in work activities. 59.22 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 40.78 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1675 workers engaged in Main Work, 931 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 6 were Agricultural labourer.