Nongbudum Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Nongbudum is a medium size village located in Mawthadraishan Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 39 families residing. The Nongbudum village has population of 224 of which 124 are males while 100 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nongbudum village population of children with age 0-6 is 50 which makes up 22.32 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nongbudum village is 806 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Nongbudum as per census is 724, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Nongbudum village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Nongbudum village was 71.26 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Nongbudum Male literacy stands at 74.74 % while female literacy rate was 67.09 %.

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

Nongbudum Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	39	-	-
Population	224	124	100
Child (0-6)	50	29	21
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	224	124	100
Literacy	71.26 %	74.74 %	67.09 %
Total Workers	107	58	49
Main Worker	23	-	-
Marginal Worker	84	39	45

Caste Factor

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

Work Profile

In Nongbudum village out of total population, 107 were engaged in work activities. 21.50 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 78.50 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 107 workers engaged in Main Work, 22 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.