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Nongkwai Population - East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Nongkwai is a medium size village located in Pynursla Block of East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 181 families residing. The Nongkwai village has population of 941 of which 430 are males while 511 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nongkwai village population of children with age 0-6 is 205 which makes up 21.79 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nongkwai village is 1188 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Nongkwai as per census is 1092, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Nongkwai village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Nongkwai village was 68.07 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Nongkwai Male literacy stands at 66.57 % while female literacy rate was 69.31 %.

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

Nongkwai Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 181 - -
Population 941 430 511
Child (0-6) 205 98 107
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 941 430 511
Literacy 68.07 % 66.57 % 69.31 %
Total Workers 399 223 176
Main Worker 262 - -
Marginal Worker 137 49 88

Caste Factor

In Nongkwai village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 100.00 % of total population in Nongkwai village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Nongkwai village of East Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Nongkwai village out of total population, 399 were engaged in work activities. 65.66 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 34.34 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 399 workers engaged in Main Work, 41 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 154 were Agricultural labourer.