Nongbah Population, Caste, Working Data Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya - Census 2011

Nongbah is a village situated in Thadlaskein block of Jaintia Hills district in Meghalaya. As per the Population Census 2011, there are a total of 1,032 families residing in the village Nongbah. The total population of Nongbah is 6,965 out of which 3,422 are males and 3,543 are females thus the Average Sex Ratio of Nongbah is 1,035.

The population of Children aged 0-6 years in Nongbah village is 1379 which is 20% of the total population. There are 695 male children and 684 female children between the age 0-6 years. Thus as per the Census 2011 the Child Sex Ratio of Nongbah is 984 which is less than Average Sex Ratio (1,035) of Nongbah village.

As per the Census 2011, the literacy rate of Nongbah is 70.7%. Thus Nongbah village has a higher literacy rate compared to 47.5% of Jaintia Hills district. The male literacy rate is 66.92% and the female literacy rate is 74.36% in Nongbah village.

Population
6,965
Families
1,032
Literacy
70.73%
Sex Ratio
1,035

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act (Amendment 1998), Nongbah village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of the village.

Nongbah Data as per Census 2011

As per the Population Census 2011 data, following are some quick facts about Nongbah village.

Total Male Female
Children 1,379 695 684
Literacy 70.73% 66.92% 74.36%
Scheduled Caste 0 0 0
Scheduled Tribe 6,751 3,324 3,427
Illiterate 3,014 1,597 1,417

Caste Data as per Census 2011

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 0% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 96.9% of total population in Nongbah village.


Working Population as per Census 2011

In Nongbah village out of total population, 2,807 were engaged in work activities. 78.6% of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 21.4% were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 2,807 workers engaged in Main Work, 1,254 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 182 were Agricultural labourers.

Total Male Female
Main Workers 2,205 1,299 906
Cultivators 1,254 813 441
Agriculture Labourer 182 68 114
Household Industries 44 22 22
Other Workers 725 396 329
Marginal Workers 602 257 345
Non Working 4,158 1,866 2,292

Map of Nongbah, Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya


Nearby Villages to Nongbah, Thadlaskein

Below are the list of villages near Nongbah village in Thadlaskein.

Village Population
Moopasi 199
Ummulong 3,220
Myrjai 712
Mookyndur 1,009
Moodymmai 2,818
Wahiajer 6,168
Lad Mukhla 1,520
Maskut 263
Mukhla Mission 964
Lumcharatoh 736

Reference