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Marakapara Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Marakapara is a small village located in Selsella Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 32 families residing. The Marakapara village has population of 187 of which 99 are males while 88 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Marakapara village population of children with age 0-6 is 39 which makes up 20.86 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Marakapara village is 889 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Marakapara as per census is 773, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Marakapara village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Marakapara village was 62.16 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Marakapara Male literacy stands at 70.13 % while female literacy rate was 53.52 %.

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

Marakapara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 32 - -
Population 187 99 88
Child (0-6) 39 22 17
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 181 97 84
Literacy 62.16 % 70.13 % 53.52 %
Total Workers 151 79 72
Main Worker 59 - -
Marginal Worker 92 49 43

Caste Factor

In Marakapara village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 96.79 % of total population in Marakapara village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Marakapara village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Marakapara village out of total population, 151 were engaged in work activities. 39.07 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 60.93 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 151 workers engaged in Main Work, 46 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 10 were Agricultural labourer.