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Nongjri Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Nongjri is a medium size village located in Mawshynrut Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 71 families residing. The Nongjri village has population of 459 of which 253 are males while 206 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nongjri village population of children with age 0-6 is 104 which makes up 22.66 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nongjri village is 814 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Nongjri as per census is 763, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Nongjri village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Nongjri village was 73.80 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Nongjri Male literacy stands at 77.32 % while female literacy rate was 69.57 %.

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

Nongjri Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 71 - -
Population 459 253 206
Child (0-6) 104 59 45
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 457 251 206
Literacy 73.80 % 77.32 % 69.57 %
Total Workers 198 108 90
Main Worker 193 - -
Marginal Worker 5 3 2

Caste Factor

In Nongjri village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.56 % of total population in Nongjri village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Nongjri village of West Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Nongjri village out of total population, 198 were engaged in work activities. 97.47 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 2.53 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 198 workers engaged in Main Work, 182 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.