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Nongkulang Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Nongkulang is a medium size village located in Ranikor Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 133 families residing. The Nongkulang village has population of 871 of which 471 are males while 400 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nongkulang village population of children with age 0-6 is 204 which makes up 23.42 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nongkulang village is 849 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Nongkulang as per census is 714, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Nongkulang village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Nongkulang village was 74.96 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Nongkulang Male literacy stands at 79.26 % while female literacy rate was 70.16 %.

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

Nongkulang Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 133 - -
Population 871 471 400
Child (0-6) 204 119 85
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 843 457 386
Literacy 74.96 % 79.26 % 70.16 %
Total Workers 585 310 275
Main Worker 502 - -
Marginal Worker 83 43 40

Caste Factor

In Nongkulang village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 96.79 % of total population in Nongkulang village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Nongkulang village of West Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Nongkulang village out of total population, 585 were engaged in work activities. 85.81 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 14.19 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 585 workers engaged in Main Work, 308 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 110 were Agricultural labourer.