About Nongbah Village

Nongbah is a small village in Mawkyrwat tehsil, in the district of West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 187, made up of 95 males and 92 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 968 females per 1000 males. Its pincode is 793119, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Nongbah Overview

Census 2011 figures for Nongbah village
Description	Value
State	Meghalaya
District	West Khasi Hills
Tehsil	Mawkyrwat
Pincode	793119
Population	187
Male Population	95
Female Population	92
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	968
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Nongbah compares

By the 2011 count Nongbah is the 84th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 395 residents. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1004.

Getting to Nongbah

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

Nongbah lies about 38 km from West Khasi Hills, and the nearest railway station is Singra, about 82 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 Nongbah
Tehsil headquarters	Mawkyrwat	17 km
Nearest town	Nongstoin	28 km
District headquarters	West Khasi Hills	38 km
Nearest railway station	Singra	82 km

Villages closest to Nongbah

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Nongbah village had a population of 187. That makes it the 84th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 395 residents.

Nongbah village has 95 males and 92 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Nongbah has about 968 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1004.

The pincode recorded for Nongbah is 793119. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Nongbah falls under Mawkyrwat tehsil of West Khasi Hills district in Meghalaya.

The nearest railway station to Nongbah is Singra, about 82 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Nongbah.

Nongbah is about 38 km from West Khasi Hills in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Nongbah is in Mawkyrwat tehsil of West Khasi Hills district. Mawkyrwat is about 17 km away. Nongstoin is about 28 km away. West Khasi Hills is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.