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Megapara Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Megapara is a medium size village located in Tikrikilla Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 85 families residing. The Megapara village has population of 438 of which 208 are males while 230 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Megapara village population of children with age 0-6 is 101 which makes up 23.06 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Megapara village is 1106 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Megapara as per census is 906, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Megapara village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Megapara village was 46.59 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Megapara Male literacy stands at 56.13 % while female literacy rate was 38.46 %.

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

Megapara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 85 - -
Population 438 208 230
Child (0-6) 101 53 48
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 433 205 228
Literacy 46.59 % 56.13 % 38.46 %
Total Workers 206 90 116
Main Worker 205 - -
Marginal Worker 1 1 0

Caste Factor

In Megapara village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.86 % of total population in Megapara village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Megapara village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Megapara village out of total population, 206 were engaged in work activities. 99.51 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.49 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 206 workers engaged in Main Work, 201 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.