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Nongriat Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Nongriat is a medium size village located in Mawthadraishan Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 138 families residing. The Nongriat village has population of 868 of which 441 are males while 427 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nongriat village population of children with age 0-6 is 177 which makes up 20.39 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nongriat village is 968 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Nongriat as per census is 1058, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Nongriat village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Nongriat village was 79.02 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Nongriat Male literacy stands at 79.15 % while female literacy rate was 78.87 %.

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

Nongriat Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 138 - -
Population 868 441 427
Child (0-6) 177 86 91
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 862 438 424
Literacy 79.02 % 79.15 % 78.87 %
Total Workers 420 223 197
Main Worker 279 - -
Marginal Worker 141 75 66

Caste Factor

In Nongriat village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.31 % of total population in Nongriat village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Nongriat village of West Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Nongriat village out of total population, 420 were engaged in work activities. 66.43 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 33.57 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 420 workers engaged in Main Work, 246 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 12 were Agricultural labourer.