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Pushkanipara Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Pushkanipara is a large village located in Selsella Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 559 families residing. The Pushkanipara village has population of 2775 of which 1397 are males while 1378 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pushkanipara village population of children with age 0-6 is 702 which makes up 25.30 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pushkanipara village is 986 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Pushkanipara as per census is 950, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Pushkanipara village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Pushkanipara village was 38.49 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Pushkanipara Male literacy stands at 41.37 % while female literacy rate was 35.62 %.

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

Pushkanipara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 559 - -
Population 2,775 1,397 1,378
Child (0-6) 702 360 342
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 38.49 % 41.37 % 35.62 %
Total Workers 773 640 133
Main Worker 657 - -
Marginal Worker 116 66 50

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Pushkanipara village of West Garo Hills district.

Work Profile

In Pushkanipara village out of total population, 773 were engaged in work activities. 84.99 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 15.01 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 773 workers engaged in Main Work, 46 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 42 were Agricultural labourer.