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Nongkohlew Population - East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Nongkohlew is a medium size village located in Mylliem Block of East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 89 families residing. The Nongkohlew village has population of 486 of which 248 are males while 238 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nongkohlew village population of children with age 0-6 is 124 which makes up 25.51 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nongkohlew village is 960 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Nongkohlew as per census is 851, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Nongkohlew village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Nongkohlew village was 52.76 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Nongkohlew Male literacy stands at 43.09 % while female literacy rate was 62.43 %.

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

Nongkohlew Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 89 - -
Population 486 248 238
Child (0-6) 124 67 57
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 480 245 235
Literacy 52.76 % 43.09 % 62.43 %
Total Workers 183 116 67
Main Worker 173 - -
Marginal Worker 10 6 4

Caste Factor

In Nongkohlew village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.77 % of total population in Nongkohlew village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Nongkohlew village of East Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Nongkohlew village out of total population, 183 were engaged in work activities. 94.54 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 5.46 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 183 workers engaged in Main Work, 103 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 10 were Agricultural labourer.