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Nongshyrngan Population - East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Nongshyrngan is a medium size village located in Pynursla Block of East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 65 families residing. The Nongshyrngan village has population of 237 of which 114 are males while 123 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nongshyrngan village population of children with age 0-6 is 61 which makes up 25.74 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nongshyrngan village is 1079 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Nongshyrngan as per census is 1773, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Nongshyrngan village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Nongshyrngan village was 55.68 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Nongshyrngan Male literacy stands at 53.26 % while female literacy rate was 58.33 %.

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

Nongshyrngan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 65 - -
Population 237 114 123
Child (0-6) 61 22 39
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 229 108 121
Literacy 55.68 % 53.26 % 58.33 %
Total Workers 130 70 60
Main Worker 127 - -
Marginal Worker 3 2 1

Caste Factor

In Nongshyrngan village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 96.62 % of total population in Nongshyrngan village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Nongshyrngan village of East Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Nongshyrngan village out of total population, 130 were engaged in work activities. 97.69 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 2.31 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 130 workers engaged in Main Work, 53 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 59 were Agricultural labourer.