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Nongkasen Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Nongkasen is a medium size village located in Mawthadraishan Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 232 families residing. The Nongkasen village has population of 1332 of which 666 are males while 666 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nongkasen village population of children with age 0-6 is 262 which makes up 19.67 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nongkasen village is 1000 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Nongkasen as per census is 1000, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Nongkasen village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Nongkasen village was 91.12 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Nongkasen Male literacy stands at 92.71 % while female literacy rate was 89.53 %.

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

Nongkasen Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 232 - -
Population 1,332 666 666
Child (0-6) 262 131 131
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 1,312 657 655
Literacy 91.12 % 92.71 % 89.53 %
Total Workers 704 349 355
Main Worker 518 - -
Marginal Worker 186 67 119

Caste Factor

In Nongkasen village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.50 % of total population in Nongkasen village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Nongkasen village of West Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Nongkasen village out of total population, 704 were engaged in work activities. 73.58 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 26.42 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 704 workers engaged in Main Work, 164 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 210 were Agricultural labourer.