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Nongshillong Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Nongshillong is a medium size village located in Mawthadraishan Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 104 families residing. The Nongshillong village has population of 625 of which 321 are males while 304 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nongshillong village population of children with age 0-6 is 113 which makes up 18.08 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nongshillong village is 947 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Nongshillong as per census is 1055, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Nongshillong village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Nongshillong village was 97.85 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Nongshillong Male literacy stands at 97.74 % while female literacy rate was 97.97 %.

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

Nongshillong Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 104 - -
Population 625 321 304
Child (0-6) 113 55 58
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 610 312 298
Literacy 97.85 % 97.74 % 97.97 %
Total Workers 484 253 231
Main Worker 204 - -
Marginal Worker 280 141 139

Caste Factor

In Nongshillong village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 97.60 % of total population in Nongshillong village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Nongshillong village of West Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Nongshillong village out of total population, 484 were engaged in work activities. 42.15 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 57.85 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 484 workers engaged in Main Work, 127 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 5 were Agricultural labourer.