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Upper Nongkyndang Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Upper Nongkyndang is a small village located in Mawshynrut Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 23 families residing. The Upper Nongkyndang village has population of 147 of which 70 are males while 77 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Upper Nongkyndang village population of children with age 0-6 is 44 which makes up 29.93 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Upper Nongkyndang village is 1100 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Upper Nongkyndang as per census is 1200, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Upper Nongkyndang village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Upper Nongkyndang village was 59.22 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Upper Nongkyndang Male literacy stands at 66.00 % while female literacy rate was 52.83 %.

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

Upper Nongkyndang Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 23 - -
Population 147 70 77
Child (0-6) 44 20 24
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 146 69 77
Literacy 59.22 % 66.00 % 52.83 %
Total Workers 72 36 36
Main Worker 39 - -
Marginal Worker 33 14 19

Caste Factor

In Upper Nongkyndang village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.32 % of total population in Upper Nongkyndang village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Upper Nongkyndang village of West Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Upper Nongkyndang village out of total population, 72 were engaged in work activities. 54.17 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 45.83 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 72 workers engaged in Main Work, 38 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.