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East Khasi Hills villages

Meghalaya · East Khasi Hills · Mawsynram

Nongwah

685
people at the 2011 Census · 335 male, 350 female

Population

Population
685India 121.09 Cr

Literacy

Literacy
85.55%India 72.98%
Male Lit.
86.38%India 80.88%
Female Lit.
84.71%India 64.63%
Lit. Gap
1.67 ppIndia 16.25 pp

Society

Sex Ratio
1045 / 1000India 943 / 1000
Child Sex Ratio
1218 / 1000India 918 / 1000
Under 7
25.26%India 13.59%
SC %
0.00%India 16.63%
ST %
100.00%India 8.63%
Household
5.52India 4.85

Work

Workers
77.37%India 39.80%
Female Work
75.71%India 25.52%
Main Workers
1.13%India 75.24%
Non-Workers
22.63%India 60.20%

This village is classified entirely rural at the 2011 Census, so urban population share does not apply. Density, land area and decadal growth are not published in the Primary Census Abstract. See Methodology.

Nongwah in context

With 685 people at the 2011 Census, Nongwah was the 186th most populous of its district's 975 villages, above the district average of 471.

Literacy stood at 85.55%, 7.8 points above the district's rural average of 77.73%.

The sex ratio was 1045 women per 1,000 men (34 above the district's rural figure of 1011) — one of the minority of villages where women outnumbered men. Among children aged 0–6 the ratio was 1218, 295 above the rural national 923.

77.4% of the population were recorded as workers, 35.8 points above the district's rural rate.