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Rochonpara Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Rochonpara is a medium size village located in Selsella Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 96 families residing. The Rochonpara village has population of 560 of which 283 are males while 277 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Rochonpara village population of children with age 0-6 is 97 which makes up 17.32 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Rochonpara village is 979 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Rochonpara as per census is 1109, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Rochonpara village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Rochonpara village was 53.35 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Rochonpara Male literacy stands at 54.01 % while female literacy rate was 52.65 %.

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

Rochonpara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 96 - -
Population 560 283 277
Child (0-6) 97 46 51
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 535 271 264
Literacy 53.35 % 54.01 % 52.65 %
Total Workers 326 166 160
Main Worker 181 - -
Marginal Worker 145 43 102

Caste Factor

In Rochonpara village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 95.54 % of total population in Rochonpara village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Rochonpara village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Rochonpara village out of total population, 326 were engaged in work activities. 55.52 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 44.48 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 326 workers engaged in Main Work, 103 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 42 were Agricultural labourer.