Nongummer Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Nongummer is a medium size village located in Nongstoin Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 78 families residing. The Nongummer village has population of 433 of which 226 are males while 207 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nongummer village population of children with age 0-6 is 97 which makes up 22.40 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nongummer village is 916 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Nongummer as per census is 732, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Nongummer village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Nongummer village was 81.85 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Nongummer Male literacy stands at 80.00 % while female literacy rate was 83.73 %.

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

Nongummer Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	78	-	-
Population	433	226	207
Child (0-6)	97	56	41
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	430	224	206
Literacy	81.85 %	80.00 %	83.73 %
Total Workers	219	111	108
Main Worker	101	-	-
Marginal Worker	118	52	66

Caste Factor

In Nongummer village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.31 % of total population in Nongummer village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Nongummer village of West Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Nongummer village out of total population, 219 were engaged in work activities. 46.12 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 53.88 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 219 workers engaged in Main Work, 60 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 29 were Agricultural labourer.