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Nongstoin population.Households, literacy and work. Primary Census Abstract for this town in Meghalaya, using 2011 geography.
Historical geographic unit. Census 2011 town boundary and classification. The primary total is the single published town row. This is not a present-day population or an urban-agglomeration total.
Population 28,742 people
Households 4,734 PCA households
Literacy rate 87.93% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 33.8% % of all residents
Population, children, literacy and work by sex Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Indicator · Census 2011 Total Males Females Populationpeople 28,742 14,252 14,490 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 6,173 3,102 3,071 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 19,846 9,824 10,022 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 87.93% 88.11% 87.77% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 17 7 10 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 28,414 14,078 14,336 Total workersCensus workers 9,715 5,789 3,926 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 33.8% 40.62% 27.09% Main workersworked at least 6 months 7,370 4,629 2,741 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 2,345 1,160 1,185 Non-workerspeople 19,027 8,463 10,564
Percentages use the denominator shown in the table.
Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract Source access notes and archived workbooks
What stands out in this profile? Census 2011 recorded 4,734 households and 28,742 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 21.48% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 88.11% for males and 87.77% for females. Of 9,715 workers, 75.86% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 593 178 Agricultural labourers 571 494 Household industry workers 34 24 Other workers 6,172 1,649
The Census counts economic activity, including qualifying unpaid work.
Source components of this town Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Published component District code Subdistrict code People Nongstoin (TC) 296 01980 28,742
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.