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Nohwet Population - East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Nohwet is a medium size village located in Pynursla Block of East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 366 families residing. The Nohwet village has population of 1996 of which 969 are males while 1027 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nohwet village population of children with age 0-6 is 347 which makes up 17.38 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nohwet village is 1060 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Nohwet as per census is 1041, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Nohwet village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Nohwet village was 88.30 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Nohwet Male literacy stands at 88.86 % while female literacy rate was 87.76 %.

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

Nohwet Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 366 - -
Population 1,996 969 1,027
Child (0-6) 347 170 177
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 1,981 960 1,021
Literacy 88.30 % 88.86 % 87.76 %
Total Workers 911 472 439
Main Worker 810 - -
Marginal Worker 101 13 88

Caste Factor

In Nohwet village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.25 % of total population in Nohwet village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Nohwet village of East Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Nohwet village out of total population, 911 were engaged in work activities. 88.91 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 11.09 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 911 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 395 were Agricultural labourer.