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Upper Khongrapara Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Upper Khongrapara is a medium size village located in Tikrikilla Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 99 families residing. The Upper Khongrapara village has population of 557 of which 287 are males while 270 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Upper Khongrapara village population of children with age 0-6 is 128 which makes up 22.98 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Upper Khongrapara village is 941 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Upper Khongrapara as per census is 1032, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Upper Khongrapara village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Upper Khongrapara village was 59.91 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Upper Khongrapara Male literacy stands at 64.29 % while female literacy rate was 55.12 %.

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

Upper Khongrapara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 99 - -
Population 557 287 270
Child (0-6) 128 63 65
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 542 279 263
Literacy 59.91 % 64.29 % 55.12 %
Total Workers 321 172 149
Main Worker 310 - -
Marginal Worker 11 8 3

Caste Factor

In Upper Khongrapara village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 97.31 % of total population in Upper Khongrapara village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Upper Khongrapara village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Upper Khongrapara village out of total population, 321 were engaged in work activities. 96.57 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 3.43 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 321 workers engaged in Main Work, 267 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.