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Sorokpara Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Sorokpara is a medium size village located in Selsella Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 97 families residing. The Sorokpara village has population of 478 of which 253 are males while 225 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sorokpara village population of children with age 0-6 is 77 which makes up 16.11 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sorokpara village is 889 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Sorokpara as per census is 791, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Sorokpara village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Sorokpara village was 51.87 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Sorokpara Male literacy stands at 63.33 % while female literacy rate was 39.27 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Sorokpara village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Sorokpara village.

Sorokpara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 97 - -
Population 478 253 225
Child (0-6) 77 43 34
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 477 252 225
Literacy 51.87 % 63.33 % 39.27 %
Total Workers 239 120 119
Main Worker 185 - -
Marginal Worker 54 9 45

Caste Factor

In Sorokpara village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.79 % of total population in Sorokpara village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Sorokpara village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Sorokpara village out of total population, 239 were engaged in work activities. 77.41 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 22.59 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 239 workers engaged in Main Work, 152 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 3 were Agricultural labourer.