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Nongrathaw Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Nongrathaw is a medium size village located in Mawshynrut Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 87 families residing. The Nongrathaw village has population of 507 of which 270 are males while 237 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nongrathaw village population of children with age 0-6 is 108 which makes up 21.30 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nongrathaw village is 878 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Nongrathaw as per census is 800, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Nongrathaw village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Nongrathaw village was 53.88 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Nongrathaw Male literacy stands at 61.43 % while female literacy rate was 45.50 %.

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

Nongrathaw Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 87 - -
Population 507 270 237
Child (0-6) 108 60 48
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 451 236 215
Literacy 53.88 % 61.43 % 45.50 %
Total Workers 358 193 165
Main Worker 230 - -
Marginal Worker 128 72 56

Caste Factor

In Nongrathaw village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 88.95 % of total population in Nongrathaw village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Nongrathaw village of West Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Nongrathaw village out of total population, 358 were engaged in work activities. 64.25 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 35.75 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 358 workers engaged in Main Work, 167 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 15 were Agricultural labourer.