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Nongsohma Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Nongsohma is a medium size village located in Mairang Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 188 families residing. The Nongsohma village has population of 1115 of which 552 are males while 563 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nongsohma village population of children with age 0-6 is 259 which makes up 23.23 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nongsohma village is 1020 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Nongsohma as per census is 977, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Nongsohma village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Nongsohma village was 81.19 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Nongsohma Male literacy stands at 79.57 % while female literacy rate was 82.76 %.

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

Nongsohma Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 188 - -
Population 1,115 552 563
Child (0-6) 259 131 128
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 1,105 548 557
Literacy 81.19 % 79.57 % 82.76 %
Total Workers 535 280 255
Main Worker 502 - -
Marginal Worker 33 7 26

Caste Factor

In Nongsohma village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.10 % of total population in Nongsohma village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Nongsohma village of West Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Nongsohma village out of total population, 535 were engaged in work activities. 93.83 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 6.17 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 535 workers engaged in Main Work, 185 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 238 were Agricultural labourer.