Nongtnger Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Nongtnger is a medium size village located in Nongstoin Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 42 families residing. The Nongtnger village has population of 270 of which 140 are males while 130 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nongtnger village population of children with age 0-6 is 56 which makes up 20.74 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nongtnger village is 929 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Nongtnger as per census is 750, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Nongtnger village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Nongtnger village was 80.37 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Nongtnger Male literacy stands at 87.04 % while female literacy rate was 73.58 %.

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

Nongtnger Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	42	-	-
Population	270	140	130
Child (0-6)	56	32	24
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	267	139	128
Literacy	80.37 %	87.04 %	73.58 %
Total Workers	143	77	66
Main Worker	5	-	-
Marginal Worker	138	72	66

Caste Factor

In Nongtnger village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.89 % of total population in Nongtnger village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Nongtnger village of West Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Nongtnger village out of total population, 143 were engaged in work activities. 3.50 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 96.50 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 143 workers engaged in Main Work, 3 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.