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Nongdhar Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Nongdhar is a small village located in Nongstoin Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 28 families residing. The Nongdhar village has population of 178 of which 89 are males while 89 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nongdhar village population of children with age 0-6 is 49 which makes up 27.53 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nongdhar village is 1000 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Nongdhar as per census is 1130, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Nongdhar village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Nongdhar village was 36.43 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Nongdhar Male literacy stands at 33.33 % while female literacy rate was 39.68 %.

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

Nongdhar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 28 - -
Population 178 89 89
Child (0-6) 49 23 26
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 172 88 84
Literacy 36.43 % 33.33 % 39.68 %
Total Workers 69 34 35
Main Worker 68 - -
Marginal Worker 1 1 0

Caste Factor

In Nongdhar village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 96.63 % of total population in Nongdhar village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Nongdhar village of West Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Nongdhar village out of total population, 69 were engaged in work activities. 98.55 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.45 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 69 workers engaged in Main Work, 64 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.