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Nongsohpian Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Nongsohpian is a medium size village located in Nongstoin Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 58 families residing. The Nongsohpian village has population of 323 of which 163 are males while 160 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nongsohpian village population of children with age 0-6 is 71 which makes up 21.98 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nongsohpian village is 982 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Nongsohpian as per census is 651, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Nongsohpian village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Nongsohpian village was 89.68 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Nongsohpian Male literacy stands at 92.50 % while female literacy rate was 87.12 %.

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

Nongsohpian Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 58 - -
Population 323 163 160
Child (0-6) 71 43 28
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 320 160 160
Literacy 89.68 % 92.50 % 87.12 %
Total Workers 131 63 68
Main Worker 131 - -
Marginal Worker 0 0 0

Caste Factor

In Nongsohpian village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.07 % of total population in Nongsohpian village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Nongsohpian village of West Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Nongsohpian village out of total population, 131 were engaged in work activities. 100.00 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.00 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 131 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 130 were Agricultural labourer.