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Tiehnongbah Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Tiehnongbah is a medium size village located in Mawthadraishan Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 222 families residing. The Tiehnongbah village has population of 1237 of which 648 are males while 589 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Tiehnongbah village population of children with age 0-6 is 309 which makes up 24.98 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Tiehnongbah village is 909 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Tiehnongbah as per census is 756, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Tiehnongbah village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Tiehnongbah village was 88.90 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Tiehnongbah Male literacy stands at 89.83 % while female literacy rate was 87.94 %.

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

Tiehnongbah Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 222 - -
Population 1,237 648 589
Child (0-6) 309 176 133
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 1,228 645 583
Literacy 88.90 % 89.83 % 87.94 %
Total Workers 497 259 238
Main Worker 137 - -
Marginal Worker 360 151 209

Caste Factor

In Tiehnongbah village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.27 % of total population in Tiehnongbah village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Tiehnongbah village of West Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Tiehnongbah village out of total population, 497 were engaged in work activities. 27.57 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 72.43 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 497 workers engaged in Main Work, 45 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 55 were Agricultural labourer.