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Merenggipara Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Merenggipara is a medium size village located in Selsella Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 74 families residing. The Merenggipara village has population of 351 of which 179 are males while 172 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Merenggipara village population of children with age 0-6 is 45 which makes up 12.82 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Merenggipara village is 961 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Merenggipara as per census is 731, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Merenggipara village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Merenggipara village was 56.21 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Merenggipara Male literacy stands at 58.82 % while female literacy rate was 53.59 %.

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

Merenggipara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 74 - -
Population 351 179 172
Child (0-6) 45 26 19
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 350 178 172
Literacy 56.21 % 58.82 % 53.59 %
Total Workers 126 75 51
Main Worker 62 - -
Marginal Worker 64 33 31

Caste Factor

In Merenggipara village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.72 % of total population in Merenggipara village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Merenggipara village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Merenggipara village out of total population, 126 were engaged in work activities. 49.21 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 50.79 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 126 workers engaged in Main Work, 59 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.