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Nongjri Population - Ri Bhoi, Meghalaya

Nongjri is a medium size village located in Umsning Block of Ri Bhoi district, Meghalaya with total 153 families residing. The Nongjri village has population of 897 of which 452 are males while 445 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nongjri village population of children with age 0-6 is 218 which makes up 24.30 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nongjri village is 985 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Nongjri as per census is 912, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Nongjri village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Nongjri village was 82.77 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Nongjri Male literacy stands at 79.59 % while female literacy rate was 85.92 %.

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

Nongjri Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 153 - -
Population 897 452 445
Child (0-6) 218 114 104
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 863 431 432
Literacy 82.77 % 79.59 % 85.92 %
Total Workers 290 198 92
Main Worker 237 - -
Marginal Worker 53 21 32

Caste Factor

In Nongjri village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 96.21 % of total population in Nongjri village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Nongjri village of Ri Bhoi.

Work Profile

In Nongjri village out of total population, 290 were engaged in work activities. 81.72 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 18.28 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 290 workers engaged in Main Work, 21 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 93 were Agricultural labourer.