Nogorgaon Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Nogorgaon is a medium size village located in Tikrikilla Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 104 families residing. The Nogorgaon village has population of 511 of which 272 are males while 239 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nogorgaon village population of children with age 0-6 is 52 which makes up 10.18 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nogorgaon village is 879 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Nogorgaon as per census is 486, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Nogorgaon village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Nogorgaon village was 64.05 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Nogorgaon Male literacy stands at 78.06 % while female literacy rate was 49.10 %.

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

Nogorgaon Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	104	-	-
Population	511	272	239
Child (0-6)	52	35	17
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	503	267	236
Literacy	64.05 %	78.06 %	49.10 %
Total Workers	254	136	118
Main Worker	107	-	-
Marginal Worker	147	44	103

Caste Factor

In Nogorgaon village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.43 % of total population in Nogorgaon village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Nogorgaon village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Nogorgaon village out of total population, 254 were engaged in work activities. 42.13 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 57.87 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 254 workers engaged in Main Work, 7 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 69 were Agricultural labourer.