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Shnongkalong Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Shnongkalong is a medium size village located in Ranikor Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 84 families residing. The Shnongkalong village has population of 433 of which 226 are males while 207 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shnongkalong village population of children with age 0-6 is 55 which makes up 12.70 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shnongkalong village is 916 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Shnongkalong as per census is 964, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Shnongkalong village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Shnongkalong village was 88.10 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Shnongkalong Male literacy stands at 86.36 % while female literacy rate was 90.00 %.

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

Shnongkalong Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 84 - -
Population 433 226 207
Child (0-6) 55 28 27
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 408 212 196
Literacy 88.10 % 86.36 % 90.00 %
Total Workers 133 80 53
Main Worker 109 - -
Marginal Worker 24 16 8

Caste Factor

In Shnongkalong village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 94.23 % of total population in Shnongkalong village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Shnongkalong village of West Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Shnongkalong village out of total population, 133 were engaged in work activities. 81.95 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 18.05 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 133 workers engaged in Main Work, 26 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 18 were Agricultural labourer.