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Okkapara Apalgre Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Okkapara Apalgre is a medium size village located in Betasing Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 71 families residing. The Okkapara Apalgre village has population of 454 of which 209 are males while 245 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Okkapara Apalgre village population of children with age 0-6 is 80 which makes up 17.62 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Okkapara Apalgre village is 1172 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Okkapara Apalgre as per census is 1286, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Okkapara Apalgre village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Okkapara Apalgre village was 97.33 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Okkapara Apalgre Male literacy stands at 97.70 % while female literacy rate was 97.00 %.

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

Okkapara Apalgre Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 71 - -
Population 454 209 245
Child (0-6) 80 35 45
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 453 209 244
Literacy 97.33 % 97.70 % 97.00 %
Total Workers 127 88 39
Main Worker 95 - -
Marginal Worker 32 17 15

Caste Factor

In Okkapara Apalgre village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.78 % of total population in Okkapara Apalgre village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Okkapara Apalgre village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Okkapara Apalgre village out of total population, 127 were engaged in work activities. 74.80 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 25.20 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 127 workers engaged in Main Work, 27 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 5 were Agricultural labourer.