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Nongkynbah Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Nongkynbah is a medium size village located in Ranikor Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 73 families residing. The Nongkynbah village has population of 330 of which 156 are males while 174 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nongkynbah village population of children with age 0-6 is 72 which makes up 21.82 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nongkynbah village is 1115 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Nongkynbah as per census is 1182, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Nongkynbah village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Nongkynbah village was 97.67 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Nongkynbah Male literacy stands at 96.75 % while female literacy rate was 98.52 %.

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

Nongkynbah Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 73 - -
Population 330 156 174
Child (0-6) 72 33 39
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 327 155 172
Literacy 97.67 % 96.75 % 98.52 %
Total Workers 154 73 81
Main Worker 145 - -
Marginal Worker 9 4 5

Caste Factor

In Nongkynbah village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.09 % of total population in Nongkynbah village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Nongkynbah village of West Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Nongkynbah village out of total population, 154 were engaged in work activities. 94.16 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 5.84 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 154 workers engaged in Main Work, 141 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.