Nongmahir Population - Ri Bhoi, Meghalaya

Nongmahir is a medium size village located in Umsning Block of Ri Bhoi district, Meghalaya with total 81 families residing. The Nongmahir village has population of 485 of which 250 are males while 235 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nongmahir village population of children with age 0-6 is 123 which makes up 25.36 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nongmahir village is 940 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Nongmahir as per census is 809, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Nongmahir village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Nongmahir village was 59.94 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Nongmahir Male literacy stands at 59.34 % while female literacy rate was 60.56 %.

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

Nongmahir Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	81	-	-
Population	485	250	235
Child (0-6)	123	68	55
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	482	249	233
Literacy	59.94 %	59.34 %	60.56 %
Total Workers	222	122	100
Main Worker	131	-	-
Marginal Worker	91	36	55

Caste Factor

In Nongmahir village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.38 % of total population in Nongmahir village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Nongmahir village of Ri Bhoi.

Work Profile

In Nongmahir village out of total population, 222 were engaged in work activities. 59.01 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 40.99 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 222 workers engaged in Main Work, 81 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 30 were Agricultural labourer.