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Nongkrong Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Nongkrong is a medium size village located in Mawshynrut Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 41 families residing. The Nongkrong village has population of 274 of which 143 are males while 131 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nongkrong village population of children with age 0-6 is 63 which makes up 22.99 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nongkrong village is 916 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Nongkrong as per census is 1032, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Nongkrong village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Nongkrong village was 94.31 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Nongkrong Male literacy stands at 92.86 % while female literacy rate was 95.96 %.

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

Nongkrong Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 41 - -
Population 274 143 131
Child (0-6) 63 31 32
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 272 142 130
Literacy 94.31 % 92.86 % 95.96 %
Total Workers 135 75 60
Main Worker 133 - -
Marginal Worker 2 2 0

Caste Factor

In Nongkrong village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.27 % of total population in Nongkrong village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Nongkrong village of West Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Nongkrong village out of total population, 135 were engaged in work activities. 98.52 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.48 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 135 workers engaged in Main Work, 130 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.