Nongrum Population - East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Nongrum is a medium size village located in Mawphlang Block of East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 120 families residing. The Nongrum village has population of 632 of which 309 are males while 323 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nongrum village population of children with age 0-6 is 105 which makes up 16.61 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nongrum village is 1045 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Nongrum as per census is 780, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Nongrum village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Nongrum village was 93.93 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Nongrum Male literacy stands at 96.00 % while female literacy rate was 92.06 %.

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

Nongrum Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	120	-	-
Population	632	309	323
Child (0-6)	105	59	46
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	628	306	322
Literacy	93.93 %	96.00 %	92.06 %
Total Workers	246	140	106
Main Worker	141	-	-
Marginal Worker	105	60	45

Caste Factor

In Nongrum village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.37 % of total population in Nongrum village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Nongrum village of East Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Nongrum village out of total population, 246 were engaged in work activities. 57.32 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 42.68 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 246 workers engaged in Main Work, 27 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 12 were Agricultural labourer.