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Upper Kalapara Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Upper Kalapara is a medium size village located in Tikrikilla Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 46 families residing. The Upper Kalapara village has population of 234 of which 123 are males while 111 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Upper Kalapara village population of children with age 0-6 is 71 which makes up 30.34 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Upper Kalapara village is 902 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Upper Kalapara as per census is 775, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Upper Kalapara village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Upper Kalapara village was 23.31 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Upper Kalapara Male literacy stands at 32.53 % while female literacy rate was 13.75 %.

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

Upper Kalapara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 46 - -
Population 234 123 111
Child (0-6) 71 40 31
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 232 122 110
Literacy 23.31 % 32.53 % 13.75 %
Total Workers 162 82 80
Main Worker 136 - -
Marginal Worker 26 15 11

Caste Factor

In Upper Kalapara village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.15 % of total population in Upper Kalapara village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Upper Kalapara village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Upper Kalapara village out of total population, 162 were engaged in work activities. 83.95 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 16.05 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 162 workers engaged in Main Work, 110 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.