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Kalchengpara Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Kalchengpara is a medium size village located in Selsella Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 51 families residing. The Kalchengpara village has population of 230 of which 125 are males while 105 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kalchengpara village population of children with age 0-6 is 33 which makes up 14.35 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kalchengpara village is 840 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Kalchengpara as per census is 1063, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Kalchengpara village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Kalchengpara village was 29.95 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Kalchengpara Male literacy stands at 29.36 % while female literacy rate was 30.68 %.

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

Kalchengpara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 51 - -
Population 230 125 105
Child (0-6) 33 16 17
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 230 125 105
Literacy 29.95 % 29.36 % 30.68 %
Total Workers 181 98 83
Main Worker 131 - -
Marginal Worker 50 25 25

Caste Factor

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

Work Profile

In Kalchengpara village out of total population, 181 were engaged in work activities. 72.38 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 27.62 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 181 workers engaged in Main Work, 60 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 70 were Agricultural labourer.