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Nongkhusar Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Nongkhusar is a small village located in Nongstoin Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 34 families residing. The Nongkhusar village has population of 170 of which 84 are males while 86 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nongkhusar village population of children with age 0-6 is 48 which makes up 28.24 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nongkhusar village is 1024 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Nongkhusar as per census is 1182, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Nongkhusar village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Nongkhusar village was 50.82 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Nongkhusar Male literacy stands at 54.84 % while female literacy rate was 46.67 %.

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

Nongkhusar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 34 - -
Population 170 84 86
Child (0-6) 48 22 26
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 169 83 86
Literacy 50.82 % 54.84 % 46.67 %
Total Workers 88 42 46
Main Worker 61 - -
Marginal Worker 27 6 21

Caste Factor

In Nongkhusar village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.41 % of total population in Nongkhusar village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Nongkhusar village of West Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Nongkhusar village out of total population, 88 were engaged in work activities. 69.32 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 30.68 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 88 workers engaged in Main Work, 38 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 12 were Agricultural labourer.