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Nongpoh 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 17,055 people
Households 3,160 PCA households
Literacy rate 82.56% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 32.85% % 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 17,055 8,536 8,519 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 2,993 1,531 1,462 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 11,610 5,875 5,735 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 82.56% 83.87% 81.27% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 30 21 9 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 14,206 6,930 7,276 Total workersCensus workers 5,603 3,607 1,996 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 32.85% 42.26% 23.43% Main workersworked at least 6 months 5,163 3,406 1,757 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 440 201 239 Non-workerspeople 11,452 4,929 6,523
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 3,160 households and 17,055 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 17.55% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 83.87% for males and 81.27% for females. Of 5,603 workers, 92.15% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 1,468 53 Agricultural labourers 818 262 Household industry workers 17 3 Other workers 2,860 122
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 Nongpoh (TC) 297 01985 17,055
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.