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Nongjlak Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Nongjlak is a medium size village located in Mawthadraishan Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 181 families residing. The Nongjlak village has population of 1121 of which 561 are males while 560 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nongjlak village population of children with age 0-6 is 258 which makes up 23.02 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nongjlak village is 998 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Nongjlak as per census is 1048, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Nongjlak village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Nongjlak village was 81.46 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Nongjlak Male literacy stands at 80.00 % while female literacy rate was 82.94 %.

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

Nongjlak Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 181 - -
Population 1,121 561 560
Child (0-6) 258 126 132
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 1,111 555 556
Literacy 81.46 % 80.00 % 82.94 %
Total Workers 541 286 255
Main Worker 413 - -
Marginal Worker 128 30 98

Caste Factor

In Nongjlak village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.11 % of total population in Nongjlak village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Nongjlak village of West Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Nongjlak village out of total population, 541 were engaged in work activities. 76.34 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 23.66 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 541 workers engaged in Main Work, 305 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 7 were Agricultural labourer.