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Nongjaiaw Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Nongjaiaw is a medium size village located in Mawshynrut Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 50 families residing. The Nongjaiaw village has population of 289 of which 150 are males while 139 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nongjaiaw village population of children with age 0-6 is 69 which makes up 23.88 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nongjaiaw village is 927 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Nongjaiaw as per census is 1091, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Nongjaiaw village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Nongjaiaw village was 90.45 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Nongjaiaw Male literacy stands at 93.16 % while female literacy rate was 87.38 %.

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

Nongjaiaw Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 50 - -
Population 289 150 139
Child (0-6) 69 33 36
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 289 150 139
Literacy 90.45 % 93.16 % 87.38 %
Total Workers 108 53 55
Main Worker 6 - -
Marginal Worker 102 48 54

Caste Factor

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

Work Profile

In Nongjaiaw village out of total population, 108 were engaged in work activities. 5.56 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 94.44 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 108 workers engaged in Main Work, 2 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.