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Durapara Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Durapara is a small village located in Selsella Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 30 families residing. The Durapara village has population of 149 of which 74 are males while 75 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Durapara village population of children with age 0-6 is 23 which makes up 15.44 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Durapara village is 1014 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Durapara as per census is 1556, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Durapara village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Durapara village was 5.56 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Durapara Male literacy stands at 7.69 % while female literacy rate was 3.28 %.

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

Durapara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 30 - -
Population 149 74 75
Child (0-6) 23 9 14
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 149 74 75
Literacy 5.56 % 7.69 % 3.28 %
Total Workers 90 45 45
Main Worker 68 - -
Marginal Worker 22 5 17

Caste Factor

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

Work Profile

In Durapara village out of total population, 90 were engaged in work activities. 75.56 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 24.44 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 90 workers engaged in Main Work, 66 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.