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Nongkynrih Population - Ri Bhoi, Meghalaya

Nongkynrih is a medium size village located in Jirang Block of Ri Bhoi district, Meghalaya with total 39 families residing. The Nongkynrih village has population of 225 of which 134 are males while 91 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nongkynrih village population of children with age 0-6 is 48 which makes up 21.33 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nongkynrih village is 679 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Nongkynrih as per census is 333, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Nongkynrih village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Nongkynrih village was 39.55 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Nongkynrih Male literacy stands at 50.00 % while female literacy rate was 26.58 %.

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

Nongkynrih Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 39 - -
Population 225 134 91
Child (0-6) 48 36 12
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 221 132 89
Literacy 39.55 % 50.00 % 26.58 %
Total Workers 118 67 51
Main Worker 30 - -
Marginal Worker 88 46 42

Caste Factor

In Nongkynrih village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.22 % of total population in Nongkynrih village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Nongkynrih village of Ri Bhoi.

Work Profile

In Nongkynrih village out of total population, 118 were engaged in work activities. 25.42 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 74.58 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 118 workers engaged in Main Work, 30 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.