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Nonghawei Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Nonghawei is a small village located in Mawshynrut Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 36 families residing. The Nonghawei village has population of 190 of which 109 are males while 81 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nonghawei village population of children with age 0-6 is 38 which makes up 20.00 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nonghawei village is 743 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Nonghawei as per census is 810, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Nonghawei village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Nonghawei village was 87.50 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Nonghawei Male literacy stands at 94.32 % while female literacy rate was 78.13 %.

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

Nonghawei Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 36 - -
Population 190 109 81
Child (0-6) 38 21 17
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 190 109 81
Literacy 87.50 % 94.32 % 78.13 %
Total Workers 79 43 36
Main Worker 78 - -
Marginal Worker 1 0 1

Caste Factor

In Nonghawei village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 100.00 % of total population in Nonghawei village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Nonghawei village of West Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Nonghawei village out of total population, 79 were engaged in work activities. 98.73 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.27 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 79 workers engaged in Main Work, 70 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.