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Nengchigre Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Nengchigre is a medium size village located in Mawshynrut Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 95 families residing. The Nengchigre village has population of 522 of which 262 are males while 260 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nengchigre village population of children with age 0-6 is 112 which makes up 21.46 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nengchigre village is 992 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Nengchigre as per census is 1240, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Nengchigre village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Nengchigre village was 40.73 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Nengchigre Male literacy stands at 50.47 % while female literacy rate was 30.30 %.

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

Nengchigre Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 95 - -
Population 522 262 260
Child (0-6) 112 50 62
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 514 258 256
Literacy 40.73 % 50.47 % 30.30 %
Total Workers 254 129 125
Main Worker 248 - -
Marginal Worker 6 1 5

Caste Factor

In Nengchigre village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.47 % of total population in Nengchigre village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Nengchigre village of West Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Nengchigre village out of total population, 254 were engaged in work activities. 97.64 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 2.36 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 254 workers engaged in Main Work, 246 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.