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Nengkongkil Population - East Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Nengkongkil is a medium size village located in Dambo Rongjeng Block of East Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 39 families residing. The Nengkongkil village has population of 217 of which 108 are males while 109 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nengkongkil village population of children with age 0-6 is 53 which makes up 24.42 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nengkongkil village is 1009 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Nengkongkil as per census is 1524, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Nengkongkil village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Nengkongkil village was 44.51 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Nengkongkil Male literacy stands at 55.17 % while female literacy rate was 32.47 %.

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

Nengkongkil Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 39 - -
Population 217 108 109
Child (0-6) 53 21 32
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 192 97 95
Literacy 44.51 % 55.17 % 32.47 %
Total Workers 101 55 46
Main Worker 61 - -
Marginal Worker 40 5 35

Caste Factor

In Nengkongkil village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 88.48 % of total population in Nengkongkil village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Nengkongkil village of East Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Nengkongkil village out of total population, 101 were engaged in work activities. 60.40 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 39.60 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 101 workers engaged in Main Work, 48 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 3 were Agricultural labourer.