About Nongjrong Village

Nongjrong is a mid sized village in Mawkynrew tehsil, in the district of East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,440, made up of 737 males and 703 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 954 females per 1000 males. Its pincode is 793015, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Nongjrong Overview

Census 2011 figures for Nongjrong village
Description	Value
State	Meghalaya
District	East Khasi Hills
Tehsil	Mawkynrew
Pincode	793015
Population	1,440
Male Population	737
Female Population	703
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	954
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Nongjrong compares

By the 2011 count Nongjrong is the 6th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 656 residents. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1020.

Getting to Nongjrong

Nongjrong is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Nongjrong as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Nongjrong from other places

Nongjrong lies about 30 km from East Khasi Hills, and the nearest railway station is Kamalajari, about 70 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Nongjrong
Tehsil headquarters	Mawkynrew	11 km
Nearest town	Jowai	11 km
District headquarters	East Khasi Hills	30 km
Nearest railway station	Kamalajari	70 km

Villages closest to Nongjrong

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Mawkynrew tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Nongjrong

As per the Census of India 2011, Nongjrong village had a population of 1,440. That makes it the 6th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 656 residents.

Nongjrong village has 737 males and 703 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Nongjrong has about 954 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1020.

The pincode recorded for Nongjrong is 793015. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Nongjrong falls under Mawkynrew tehsil of East Khasi Hills district in Meghalaya.

The nearest railway station to Nongjrong is Kamalajari, about 70 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Nongjrong.

Nongjrong is about 30 km from East Khasi Hills in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Nongjrong is in Mawkynrew tehsil of East Khasi Hills district. Mawkynrew is about 11 km away. Jowai is about 11 km away. East Khasi Hills is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.