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Nongpiur Population - East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Nongpiur is a medium size village located in Mylliem Block of East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 153 families residing. The Nongpiur village has population of 841 of which 409 are males while 432 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nongpiur village population of children with age 0-6 is 139 which makes up 16.53 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nongpiur village is 1056 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Nongpiur as per census is 1014, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Nongpiur village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Nongpiur village was 84.05 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Nongpiur Male literacy stands at 85.00 % while female literacy rate was 83.15 %.

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

Nongpiur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 153 - -
Population 841 409 432
Child (0-6) 139 69 70
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 833 404 429
Literacy 84.05 % 85.00 % 83.15 %
Total Workers 345 204 141
Main Worker 297 - -
Marginal Worker 48 31 17

Caste Factor

In Nongpiur village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.05 % of total population in Nongpiur village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Nongpiur village of East Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Nongpiur village out of total population, 345 were engaged in work activities. 86.09 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 13.91 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 345 workers engaged in Main Work, 148 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 22 were Agricultural labourer.