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Rajpur Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Rajpur is a medium size village located in Selsella Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 269 families residing. The Rajpur village has population of 1313 of which 652 are males while 661 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Rajpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 270 which makes up 20.56 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Rajpur village is 1014 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Rajpur as per census is 1177, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Rajpur village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Rajpur village was 44.87 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Rajpur Male literacy stands at 50.19 % while female literacy rate was 39.42 %.

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

Rajpur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 269 - -
Population 1,313 652 661
Child (0-6) 270 124 146
Schedule Caste 26 12 14
Schedule Tribe 5 2 3
Literacy 44.87 % 50.19 % 39.42 %
Total Workers 402 323 79
Main Worker 302 - -
Marginal Worker 100 71 29

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 1.98 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.38 % of total population in Rajpur village.

Work Profile

In Rajpur village out of total population, 402 were engaged in work activities. 75.12 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 24.88 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 402 workers engaged in Main Work, 37 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 22 were Agricultural labourer.