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Jongchipara Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Jongchipara is a medium size village located in Tikrikilla Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 62 families residing. The Jongchipara village has population of 267 of which 138 are males while 129 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jongchipara village population of children with age 0-6 is 68 which makes up 25.47 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jongchipara village is 935 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Jongchipara as per census is 943, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Jongchipara village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Jongchipara village was 60.30 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Jongchipara Male literacy stands at 70.87 % while female literacy rate was 48.96 %.

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

Jongchipara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 62 - -
Population 267 138 129
Child (0-6) 68 35 33
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 255 131 124
Literacy 60.30 % 70.87 % 48.96 %
Total Workers 139 64 75
Main Worker 118 - -
Marginal Worker 21 7 14

Caste Factor

In Jongchipara village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 95.51 % of total population in Jongchipara village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Jongchipara village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Jongchipara village out of total population, 139 were engaged in work activities. 84.89 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 15.11 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 139 workers engaged in Main Work, 114 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.