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Upper Nengsa Population - East Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Upper Nengsa is a medium size village located in Resubelpara Block of East Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 77 families residing. The Upper Nengsa village has population of 415 of which 220 are males while 195 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Upper Nengsa village population of children with age 0-6 is 77 which makes up 18.55 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Upper Nengsa village is 886 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Upper Nengsa as per census is 974, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Upper Nengsa village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Upper Nengsa village was 89.05 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Upper Nengsa Male literacy stands at 90.06 % while female literacy rate was 87.90 %.

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

Upper Nengsa Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 77 - -
Population 415 220 195
Child (0-6) 77 39 38
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 388 205 183
Literacy 89.05 % 90.06 % 87.90 %
Total Workers 17 11 6
Main Worker 10 - -
Marginal Worker 7 2 5

Caste Factor

In Upper Nengsa village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 93.49 % of total population in Upper Nengsa village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Upper Nengsa village of East Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Upper Nengsa village out of total population, 17 were engaged in work activities. 58.82 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 41.18 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 17 workers engaged in Main Work, 9 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.