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Lower Khongrapara Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Lower Khongrapara is a medium size village located in Tikrikilla Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 122 families residing. The Lower Khongrapara village has population of 606 of which 321 are males while 285 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Lower Khongrapara village population of children with age 0-6 is 124 which makes up 20.46 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Lower Khongrapara village is 888 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Lower Khongrapara as per census is 851, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Lower Khongrapara village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Lower Khongrapara village was 61.62 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Lower Khongrapara Male literacy stands at 62.20 % while female literacy rate was 60.96 %.

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

Lower Khongrapara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 122 - -
Population 606 321 285
Child (0-6) 124 67 57
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 602 319 283
Literacy 61.62 % 62.20 % 60.96 %
Total Workers 285 165 120
Main Worker 237 - -
Marginal Worker 48 17 31

Caste Factor

In Lower Khongrapara village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.34 % of total population in Lower Khongrapara village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Lower Khongrapara village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Lower Khongrapara village out of total population, 285 were engaged in work activities. 83.16 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 16.84 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 285 workers engaged in Main Work, 185 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 7 were Agricultural labourer.