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Nongbah Population - Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya

Nongbah is a large village located in Thadlaskein Block of Jaintia Hills district, Meghalaya with total 1032 families residing. The Nongbah village has population of 6965 of which 3422 are males while 3543 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nongbah village population of children with age 0-6 is 1379 which makes up 19.80 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nongbah village is 1035 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Nongbah as per census is 984, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Nongbah village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Nongbah village was 70.73 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Nongbah Male literacy stands at 66.92 % while female literacy rate was 74.36 %.

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

Nongbah Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 1,032 - -
Population 6,965 3,422 3,543
Child (0-6) 1,379 695 684
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 6,751 3,324 3,427
Literacy 70.73 % 66.92 % 74.36 %
Total Workers 2,807 1,556 1,251
Main Worker 2,205 - -
Marginal Worker 602 257 345

Caste Factor

In Nongbah village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 96.93 % of total population in Nongbah village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Nongbah village of Jaintia Hills.

Work Profile

In Nongbah village out of total population, 2807 were engaged in work activities. 78.55 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 21.45 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 2807 workers engaged in Main Work, 1254 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 182 were Agricultural labourer.