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Nongkrem Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Nongkrem is a medium size village located in Mairang Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 148 families residing. The Nongkrem village has population of 784 of which 389 are males while 395 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nongkrem village population of children with age 0-6 is 205 which makes up 26.15 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nongkrem village is 1015 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Nongkrem as per census is 1071, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Nongkrem village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Nongkrem village was 91.54 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Nongkrem Male literacy stands at 92.07 % while female literacy rate was 91.00 %.

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

Nongkrem Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 148 - -
Population 784 389 395
Child (0-6) 205 99 106
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 781 387 394
Literacy 91.54 % 92.07 % 91.00 %
Total Workers 288 195 93
Main Worker 287 - -
Marginal Worker 1 0 1

Caste Factor

In Nongkrem village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.62 % of total population in Nongkrem village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Nongkrem village of West Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Nongkrem village out of total population, 288 were engaged in work activities. 99.65 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.35 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 288 workers engaged in Main Work, 185 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 95 were Agricultural labourer.