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Nongtraw Population - Ri Bhoi, Meghalaya

Nongtraw is a medium size village located in Umsning Block of Ri Bhoi district, Meghalaya with total 187 families residing. The Nongtraw village has population of 968 of which 479 are males while 489 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nongtraw village population of children with age 0-6 is 214 which makes up 22.11 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nongtraw village is 1021 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Nongtraw as per census is 1098, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Nongtraw village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Nongtraw village was 79.44 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Nongtraw Male literacy stands at 75.07 % while female literacy rate was 83.82 %.

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

Nongtraw Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 187 - -
Population 968 479 489
Child (0-6) 214 102 112
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 965 477 488
Literacy 79.44 % 75.07 % 83.82 %
Total Workers 394 235 159
Main Worker 351 - -
Marginal Worker 43 24 19

Caste Factor

In Nongtraw village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.69 % of total population in Nongtraw village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Nongtraw village of Ri Bhoi.

Work Profile

In Nongtraw village out of total population, 394 were engaged in work activities. 89.09 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 10.91 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 394 workers engaged in Main Work, 257 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.