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Gofuapara Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Gofuapara is a medium size village located in Selsella Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 63 families residing. The Gofuapara village has population of 299 of which 141 are males while 158 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gofuapara village population of children with age 0-6 is 46 which makes up 15.38 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gofuapara village is 1121 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Gofuapara as per census is 1190, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Gofuapara village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Gofuapara village was 41.90 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Gofuapara Male literacy stands at 51.67 % while female literacy rate was 33.08 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Gofuapara 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 Gofuapara village.

Gofuapara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 63 - -
Population 299 141 158
Child (0-6) 46 21 25
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 296 139 157
Literacy 41.90 % 51.67 % 33.08 %
Total Workers 86 80 6
Main Worker 84 - -
Marginal Worker 2 2 0

Caste Factor

In Gofuapara village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.00 % of total population in Gofuapara village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Gofuapara village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Gofuapara village out of total population, 86 were engaged in work activities. 97.67 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 2.33 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 86 workers engaged in Main Work, 22 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 59 were Agricultural labourer.