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Nongchram Population - East Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Nongchram is a medium size village located in Dambo Rongjeng Block of East Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 159 families residing. The Nongchram village has population of 961 of which 506 are males while 455 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nongchram village population of children with age 0-6 is 153 which makes up 15.92 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nongchram village is 899 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Nongchram as per census is 937, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Nongchram village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Nongchram village was 63.99 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Nongchram Male literacy stands at 69.56 % while female literacy rate was 57.74 %.

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

Nongchram Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 159 - -
Population 961 506 455
Child (0-6) 153 79 74
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 951 500 451
Literacy 63.99 % 69.56 % 57.74 %
Total Workers 186 173 13
Main Worker 182 - -
Marginal Worker 4 3 1

Caste Factor

In Nongchram village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.96 % of total population in Nongchram village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Nongchram village of East Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Nongchram village out of total population, 186 were engaged in work activities. 97.85 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 2.15 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 186 workers engaged in Main Work, 113 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 7 were Agricultural labourer.