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About Nongrum Village

Nongrum is a mid sized village in Mawphlang tehsil, in the district of East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 632, made up of 309 males and 323 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,045 females per 1000 males. Its pincode is 793121, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Nongrum Overview

Census 2011 figures for Nongrum village
Description Value
State Meghalaya
District East Khasi Hills
Tehsil Mawphlang
Pincode 793121
Population 632
Male Population 309
Female Population 323
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,045
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Nongrum compares

By the 2011 count Nongrum is the 25th largest of the 184 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 389 residents. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1013.

Getting to Nongrum

Nongrum is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Nongrum as Available within <5 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 Nongrum from other places

Nongrum lies about 26 km from East Khasi Hills, and the nearest railway station is Bamunigaon, about 85 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 Nongrum
Nearest town Shella 14 km
District headquarters East Khasi Hills 26 km
Tehsil headquarters Mawphlang 26 km
Nearest railway station Bamunigaon 85 km

Villages closest to Nongrum

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

Common questions about Nongrum

As per the Census of India 2011, Nongrum village had a population of 632. That makes it the 25th largest of the 184 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 389 residents.

Nongrum village has 309 males and 323 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Nongrum has about 1045 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1013.

The pincode recorded for Nongrum is 793121. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Nongrum falls under Mawphlang tehsil of East Khasi Hills district in Meghalaya.

The nearest railway station to Nongrum is Bamunigaon, about 85 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Nongrum.

Nongrum is about 26 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.

Nongrum is in Mawphlang tehsil of East Khasi Hills district. Shella is about 14 km away. East Khasi Hills is about 26 km away. Mawphlang is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Wahumlawbah (7.3 km), Lumpyllun (7.8 km) and Dewsaw (8.3 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Nongrum today is likely to be higher.

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