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Nongwar Population - East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Nongwar is a medium size village located in Shella Bholaganj Block of East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 117 families residing. The Nongwar village has population of 562 of which 266 are males while 296 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nongwar village population of children with age 0-6 is 83 which makes up 14.77 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nongwar village is 1113 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Nongwar as per census is 1024, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Nongwar village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Nongwar village was 98.54 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Nongwar Male literacy stands at 99.11 % while female literacy rate was 98.03 %.

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

Nongwar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 117 - -
Population 562 266 296
Child (0-6) 83 41 42
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 561 266 295
Literacy 98.54 % 99.11 % 98.03 %
Total Workers 184 126 58
Main Worker 140 - -
Marginal Worker 44 27 17

Caste Factor

In Nongwar village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.82 % of total population in Nongwar village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Nongwar village of East Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Nongwar village out of total population, 184 were engaged in work activities. 76.09 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 23.91 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 184 workers engaged in Main Work, 75 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 13 were Agricultural labourer.