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Nongjngi Population - Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya

Nongjngi is a medium size village located in Thadlaskein Block of Jaintia Hills district, Meghalaya with total 216 families residing. The Nongjngi village has population of 1460 of which 731 are males while 729 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nongjngi village population of children with age 0-6 is 354 which makes up 24.25 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nongjngi village is 997 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Nongjngi as per census is 1070, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Nongjngi village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Nongjngi village was 56.78 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Nongjngi Male literacy stands at 50.89 % while female literacy rate was 62.82 %.

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

Nongjngi Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 216 - -
Population 1,460 731 729
Child (0-6) 354 171 183
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 1,120 559 561
Literacy 56.78 % 50.89 % 62.82 %
Total Workers 701 371 330
Main Worker 623 - -
Marginal Worker 78 28 50

Caste Factor

In Nongjngi village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 76.71 % of total population in Nongjngi village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Nongjngi village of Jaintia Hills.

Work Profile

In Nongjngi village out of total population, 701 were engaged in work activities. 88.87 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 11.13 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 701 workers engaged in Main Work, 521 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 4 were Agricultural labourer.