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Nongkhroh Population - Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya

Nongkhroh is a medium size village located in Thadlaskein Block of Jaintia Hills district, Meghalaya with total 261 families residing. The Nongkhroh village has population of 1296 of which 646 are males while 650 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nongkhroh village population of children with age 0-6 is 327 which makes up 25.23 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nongkhroh village is 1006 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Nongkhroh as per census is 912, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Nongkhroh village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Nongkhroh village was 41.59 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Nongkhroh Male literacy stands at 30.11 % while female literacy rate was 52.63 %.

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

Nongkhroh Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 261 - -
Population 1,296 646 650
Child (0-6) 327 171 156
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 1,277 632 645
Literacy 41.59 % 30.11 % 52.63 %
Total Workers 610 324 286
Main Worker 610 - -
Marginal Worker 0 0 0

Caste Factor

In Nongkhroh village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.53 % of total population in Nongkhroh village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Nongkhroh village of Jaintia Hills.

Work Profile

In Nongkhroh village out of total population, 610 were engaged in work activities. 100.00 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.00 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 610 workers engaged in Main Work, 574 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 12 were Agricultural labourer.