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Nishnipara Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Nishnipara is a medium size village located in Selsella Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 62 families residing. The Nishnipara village has population of 303 of which 151 are males while 152 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nishnipara village population of children with age 0-6 is 50 which makes up 16.50 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nishnipara village is 1007 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Nishnipara as per census is 852, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Nishnipara village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Nishnipara village was 36.36 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Nishnipara Male literacy stands at 40.32 % while female literacy rate was 32.56 %.

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

Nishnipara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 62 - -
Population 303 151 152
Child (0-6) 50 27 23
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 303 151 152
Literacy 36.36 % 40.32 % 32.56 %
Total Workers 59 31 28
Main Worker 36 - -
Marginal Worker 23 12 11

Caste Factor

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

Work Profile

In Nishnipara village out of total population, 59 were engaged in work activities. 61.02 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 38.98 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 59 workers engaged in Main Work, 34 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.