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Kalapani Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Kalapani is a medium size village located in Selsella Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 49 families residing. The Kalapani village has population of 232 of which 114 are males while 118 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kalapani village population of children with age 0-6 is 42 which makes up 18.10 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kalapani village is 1035 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Kalapani as per census is 750, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Kalapani village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Kalapani village was 48.42 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Kalapani Male literacy stands at 57.78 % while female literacy rate was 40.00 %.

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

Kalapani Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 49 - -
Population 232 114 118
Child (0-6) 42 24 18
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 232 114 118
Literacy 48.42 % 57.78 % 40.00 %
Total Workers 55 49 6
Main Worker 52 - -
Marginal Worker 3 2 1

Caste Factor

In Kalapani village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 100.00 % of total population in Kalapani village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Kalapani village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Kalapani village out of total population, 55 were engaged in work activities. 94.55 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 5.45 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 55 workers engaged in Main Work, 41 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.