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Nongkynrih Population - Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya

Nongkynrih is a medium size village located in Laskein Block of Jaintia Hills district, Meghalaya with total 200 families residing. The Nongkynrih village has population of 1199 of which 617 are males while 582 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nongkynrih village population of children with age 0-6 is 277 which makes up 23.10 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nongkynrih village is 943 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Nongkynrih as per census is 810, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Nongkynrih village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Nongkynrih village was 76.25 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Nongkynrih Male literacy stands at 69.40 % while female literacy rate was 83.19 %.

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

Nongkynrih Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 200 - -
Population 1,199 617 582
Child (0-6) 277 153 124
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 1,197 615 582
Literacy 76.25 % 69.40 % 83.19 %
Total Workers 407 247 160
Main Worker 286 - -
Marginal Worker 121 66 55

Caste Factor

In Nongkynrih village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.83 % of total population in Nongkynrih village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Nongkynrih village of Jaintia Hills.

Work Profile

In Nongkynrih village out of total population, 407 were engaged in work activities. 70.27 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 29.73 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 407 workers engaged in Main Work, 133 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.