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Wagepara Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Wagepara is a medium size village located in Zikzak Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 50 families residing. The Wagepara village has population of 287 of which 152 are males while 135 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Wagepara village population of children with age 0-6 is 78 which makes up 27.18 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Wagepara village is 888 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Wagepara as per census is 660, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Wagepara village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Wagepara village was 44.02 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Wagepara Male literacy stands at 49.52 % while female literacy rate was 38.46 %.

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

Wagepara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 50 - -
Population 287 152 135
Child (0-6) 78 47 31
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 284 150 134
Literacy 44.02 % 49.52 % 38.46 %
Total Workers 138 69 69
Main Worker 121 - -
Marginal Worker 17 11 6

Caste Factor

In Wagepara village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.95 % of total population in Wagepara village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Wagepara village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Wagepara village out of total population, 138 were engaged in work activities. 87.68 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 12.32 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 138 workers engaged in Main Work, 109 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.