About Nongsning Village

Nongsning is a mid sized village in Khliehriat tehsil, in the district of Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 563, made up of 266 males and 297 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,117 females per 1000 males. Its pincode is 793160, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Nongsning Overview

Census 2011 figures for Nongsning village
Description	Value
State	Meghalaya
District	Jaintia Hills
Tehsil	Khliehriat
Pincode	793160
Population	563
Male Population	266
Female Population	297
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,117
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Nongsning compares

By the 2011 count Nongsning is the 44th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 827 residents. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1002.

Getting to Nongsning

Nongsning is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Nongsning as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Nongsning from other places

Nongsning lies about 13 km from Jaintia Hills, and the nearest railway station is Hilara, about 39 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 Nongsning
Tehsil headquarters	Khliehriat	13 km
District headquarters	Jaintia Hills	13 km
Nearest town	Jowai	30 km
Nearest railway station	Hilara	39 km

Villages closest to Nongsning

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Nongsning village had a population of 563. That makes it the 44th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 827 residents.

Nongsning village has 266 males and 297 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Nongsning has about 1117 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1002.

The pincode recorded for Nongsning is 793160. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Nongsning falls under Khliehriat tehsil of Jaintia Hills district in Meghalaya.

The nearest railway station to Nongsning is Hilara, about 39 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 10+ km distance for Nongsning.

Nongsning is about 13 km from Jaintia Hills in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Nongsning is in Khliehriat tehsil of Jaintia Hills district. Khliehriat is about 13 km away. Jaintia Hills is about 13 km away. Jowai is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.