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Nongdewsaw Population - Ri Bhoi, Meghalaya

Nongdewsaw is a medium size village located in Umsning Block of Ri Bhoi district, Meghalaya with total 47 families residing. The Nongdewsaw village has population of 222 of which 114 are males while 108 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nongdewsaw village population of children with age 0-6 is 56 which makes up 25.23 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nongdewsaw village is 947 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Nongdewsaw as per census is 931, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Nongdewsaw village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Nongdewsaw village was 43.37 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Nongdewsaw Male literacy stands at 36.47 % while female literacy rate was 50.62 %.

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

Nongdewsaw Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 47 - -
Population 222 114 108
Child (0-6) 56 29 27
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 219 112 107
Literacy 43.37 % 36.47 % 50.62 %
Total Workers 101 51 50
Main Worker 4 - -
Marginal Worker 97 47 50

Caste Factor

In Nongdewsaw village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.65 % of total population in Nongdewsaw village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Nongdewsaw village of Ri Bhoi.

Work Profile

In Nongdewsaw village out of total population, 101 were engaged in work activities. 3.96 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 96.04 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 101 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.