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Tongtongpara Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Tongtongpara is a medium size village located in Selsella Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 49 families residing. The Tongtongpara village has population of 239 of which 115 are males while 124 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Tongtongpara village population of children with age 0-6 is 45 which makes up 18.83 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Tongtongpara village is 1078 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Tongtongpara as per census is 957, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Tongtongpara village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Tongtongpara village was 30.41 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Tongtongpara Male literacy stands at 27.17 % while female literacy rate was 33.33 %.

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

Tongtongpara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 49 - -
Population 239 115 124
Child (0-6) 45 23 22
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 222 107 115
Literacy 30.41 % 27.17 % 33.33 %
Total Workers 180 88 92
Main Worker 119 - -
Marginal Worker 61 27 34

Caste Factor

In Tongtongpara village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 92.89 % of total population in Tongtongpara village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Tongtongpara village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Tongtongpara village out of total population, 180 were engaged in work activities. 66.11 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 33.89 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 180 workers engaged in Main Work, 58 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 56 were Agricultural labourer.