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Nongjri Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Nongjri is a medium size village located in Ranikor Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 142 families residing. The Nongjri village has population of 879 of which 429 are males while 450 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nongjri village population of children with age 0-6 is 220 which makes up 25.03 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nongjri village is 1049 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Nongjri as per census is 1268, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Nongjri village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Nongjri village was 40.21 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Nongjri Male literacy stands at 50.90 % while female literacy rate was 29.36 %.

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

Nongjri Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 142 - -
Population 879 429 450
Child (0-6) 220 97 123
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 760 365 395
Literacy 40.21 % 50.90 % 29.36 %
Total Workers 240 178 62
Main Worker 229 - -
Marginal Worker 11 4 7

Caste Factor

In Nongjri village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 86.46 % of total population in Nongjri village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Nongjri village of West Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Nongjri village out of total population, 240 were engaged in work activities. 95.42 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 4.58 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 240 workers engaged in Main Work, 139 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 24 were Agricultural labourer.