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Kangkalapara Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Kangkalapara is a medium size village located in Selsella Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 49 families residing. The Kangkalapara village has population of 253 of which 121 are males while 132 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kangkalapara village population of children with age 0-6 is 56 which makes up 22.13 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kangkalapara village is 1091 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Kangkalapara as per census is 931, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Kangkalapara village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Kangkalapara village was 64.97 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Kangkalapara Male literacy stands at 71.74 % while female literacy rate was 59.05 %.

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

Kangkalapara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 49 - -
Population 253 121 132
Child (0-6) 56 29 27
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 250 120 130
Literacy 64.97 % 71.74 % 59.05 %
Total Workers 98 47 51
Main Worker 87 - -
Marginal Worker 11 4 7

Caste Factor

In Kangkalapara village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.81 % of total population in Kangkalapara village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Kangkalapara village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Kangkalapara village out of total population, 98 were engaged in work activities. 88.78 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 11.22 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 98 workers engaged in Main Work, 82 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.