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Nongbah Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Nongbah is a medium size village located in Nongstoin Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 43 families residing. The Nongbah village has population of 283 of which 139 are males while 144 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nongbah village population of children with age 0-6 is 72 which makes up 25.44 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nongbah village is 1036 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Nongbah as per census is 1000, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Nongbah village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Nongbah village was 83.89 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Nongbah Male literacy stands at 84.47 % while female literacy rate was 83.33 %.

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

Nongbah Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 43 - -
Population 283 139 144
Child (0-6) 72 36 36
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 283 139 144
Literacy 83.89 % 84.47 % 83.33 %
Total Workers 97 46 51
Main Worker 92 - -
Marginal Worker 5 0 5

Caste Factor

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

Work Profile

In Nongbah village out of total population, 97 were engaged in work activities. 94.85 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 5.15 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 97 workers engaged in Main Work, 73 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.