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Nongdhar Population - Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya

Nongdhar is a medium size village located in Thadlaskein Block of Jaintia Hills district, Meghalaya with total 68 families residing. The Nongdhar village has population of 329 of which 162 are males while 167 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nongdhar village population of children with age 0-6 is 104 which makes up 31.61 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nongdhar village is 1031 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Nongdhar as per census is 1080, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Nongdhar village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Nongdhar village was 49.33 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Nongdhar Male literacy stands at 44.64 % while female literacy rate was 53.98 %.

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

Nongdhar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 68 - -
Population 329 162 167
Child (0-6) 104 50 54
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 319 157 162
Literacy 49.33 % 44.64 % 53.98 %
Total Workers 195 94 101
Main Worker 148 - -
Marginal Worker 47 24 23

Caste Factor

In Nongdhar village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 96.96 % of total population in Nongdhar village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Nongdhar village of Jaintia Hills.

Work Profile

In Nongdhar village out of total population, 195 were engaged in work activities. 75.90 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 24.10 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 195 workers engaged in Main Work, 147 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.