Noksi Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Noksi is a medium size village located in Dalu Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 96 families residing. The Noksi village has population of 528 of which 290 are males while 238 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Noksi village population of children with age 0-6 is 72 which makes up 13.64 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Noksi village is 821 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Noksi as per census is 1118, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Noksi village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Noksi village was 44.74 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Noksi Male literacy stands at 56.25 % while female literacy rate was 30.00 %.

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

Noksi Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	96	-	-
Population	528	290	238
Child (0-6)	72	34	38
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	472	234	238
Literacy	44.74 %	56.25 %	30.00 %
Total Workers	290	175	115
Main Worker	153	-	-
Marginal Worker	137	34	103

Caste Factor

In Noksi village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 89.39 % of total population in Noksi village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Noksi village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Noksi village out of total population, 290 were engaged in work activities. 52.76 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 47.24 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 290 workers engaged in Main Work, 76 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.