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Nonglyngkein Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Nonglyngkein is a medium size village located in Mawkyrwat Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 88 families residing. The Nonglyngkein village has population of 586 of which 270 are males while 316 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nonglyngkein village population of children with age 0-6 is 124 which makes up 21.16 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nonglyngkein village is 1170 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Nonglyngkein as per census is 1385, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Nonglyngkein village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Nonglyngkein village was 65.37 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Nonglyngkein Male literacy stands at 70.64 % while female literacy rate was 60.66 %.

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

Nonglyngkein Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 88 - -
Population 586 270 316
Child (0-6) 124 52 72
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 577 265 312
Literacy 65.37 % 70.64 % 60.66 %
Total Workers 263 125 138
Main Worker 245 - -
Marginal Worker 18 12 6

Caste Factor

In Nonglyngkein village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.46 % of total population in Nonglyngkein village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Nonglyngkein village of West Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Nonglyngkein village out of total population, 263 were engaged in work activities. 93.16 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 6.84 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 263 workers engaged in Main Work, 6 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 229 were Agricultural labourer.