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Nongbak Darang Population - East Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Nongbak Darang is a medium size village located in Dambo Rongjeng Block of East Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 54 families residing. The Nongbak Darang village has population of 291 of which 148 are males while 143 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nongbak Darang village population of children with age 0-6 is 54 which makes up 18.56 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nongbak Darang village is 966 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Nongbak Darang as per census is 1000, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Nongbak Darang village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Nongbak Darang village was 78.48 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Nongbak Darang Male literacy stands at 87.60 % while female literacy rate was 68.97 %.

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

Nongbak Darang Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 54 - -
Population 291 148 143
Child (0-6) 54 27 27
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 288 146 142
Literacy 78.48 % 87.60 % 68.97 %
Total Workers 54 53 1
Main Worker 49 - -
Marginal Worker 5 5 0

Caste Factor

In Nongbak Darang village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.97 % of total population in Nongbak Darang village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Nongbak Darang village of East Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Nongbak Darang village out of total population, 54 were engaged in work activities. 90.74 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 9.26 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 54 workers engaged in Main Work, 39 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 8 were Agricultural labourer.