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Jongnapara Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Jongnapara is a medium size village located in Selsella Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 68 families residing. The Jongnapara village has population of 326 of which 157 are males while 169 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jongnapara village population of children with age 0-6 is 62 which makes up 19.02 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jongnapara village is 1076 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Jongnapara as per census is 1138, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Jongnapara village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Jongnapara village was 38.64 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Jongnapara Male literacy stands at 45.31 % while female literacy rate was 32.35 %.

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

Jongnapara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 68 - -
Population 326 157 169
Child (0-6) 62 29 33
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 324 155 169
Literacy 38.64 % 45.31 % 32.35 %
Total Workers 161 76 85
Main Worker 161 - -
Marginal Worker 0 0 0

Caste Factor

In Jongnapara village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.39 % of total population in Jongnapara village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Jongnapara village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Jongnapara village out of total population, 161 were engaged in work activities. 100.00 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.00 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 161 workers engaged in Main Work, 157 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.