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Ponchapara Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Ponchapara is a medium size village located in Zikzak Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 95 families residing. The Ponchapara village has population of 568 of which 286 are males while 282 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Ponchapara village population of children with age 0-6 is 122 which makes up 21.48 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Ponchapara village is 986 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Ponchapara as per census is 1000, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Ponchapara village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Ponchapara village was 55.61 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Ponchapara Male literacy stands at 66.22 % while female literacy rate was 44.80 %.

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

Ponchapara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 95 - -
Population 568 286 282
Child (0-6) 122 61 61
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 562 283 279
Literacy 55.61 % 66.22 % 44.80 %
Total Workers 279 147 132
Main Worker 233 - -
Marginal Worker 46 31 15

Caste Factor

In Ponchapara village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.94 % of total population in Ponchapara village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Ponchapara village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Ponchapara village out of total population, 279 were engaged in work activities. 83.51 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 16.49 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 279 workers engaged in Main Work, 205 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 9 were Agricultural labourer.