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Nongjrong Population - East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Nongjrong is a medium size village located in Mawkynrew Block of East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 241 families residing. The Nongjrong village has population of 1440 of which 737 are males while 703 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nongjrong village population of children with age 0-6 is 312 which makes up 21.67 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nongjrong village is 954 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Nongjrong as per census is 1137, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Nongjrong village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Nongjrong village was 53.19 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Nongjrong Male literacy stands at 36.55 % while female literacy rate was 71.51 %.

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

Nongjrong Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 241 - -
Population 1,440 737 703
Child (0-6) 312 146 166
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 1,433 733 700
Literacy 53.19 % 36.55 % 71.51 %
Total Workers 781 436 345
Main Worker 461 - -
Marginal Worker 320 101 219

Caste Factor

In Nongjrong village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.51 % of total population in Nongjrong village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Nongjrong village of East Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Nongjrong village out of total population, 781 were engaged in work activities. 59.03 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 40.97 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 781 workers engaged in Main Work, 379 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 17 were Agricultural labourer.