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Nongkrem Population - East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Nongkrem is a large village located in Mawryngkneng Block of East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 585 families residing. The Nongkrem village has population of 3038 of which 1459 are males while 1579 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nongkrem village population of children with age 0-6 is 484 which makes up 15.93 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nongkrem village is 1082 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Nongkrem as per census is 898, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Nongkrem village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Nongkrem village was 91.54 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Nongkrem Male literacy stands at 91.53 % while female literacy rate was 91.56 %.

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

Nongkrem Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 585 - -
Population 3,038 1,459 1,579
Child (0-6) 484 255 229
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 3,031 1,457 1,574
Literacy 91.54 % 91.53 % 91.56 %
Total Workers 1,071 690 381
Main Worker 923 - -
Marginal Worker 148 100 48

Caste Factor

In Nongkrem village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.77 % of total population in Nongkrem village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Nongkrem village of East Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Nongkrem village out of total population, 1071 were engaged in work activities. 86.18 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 13.82 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1071 workers engaged in Main Work, 147 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 57 were Agricultural labourer.