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Tongnapara Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Tongnapara is a small village located in Zikzak Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 26 families residing. The Tongnapara village has population of 117 of which 65 are males while 52 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Tongnapara village population of children with age 0-6 is 16 which makes up 13.68 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Tongnapara village is 800 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Tongnapara as per census is 455, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Tongnapara village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Tongnapara village was 53.47 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Tongnapara Male literacy stands at 59.26 % while female literacy rate was 46.81 %.

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

Tongnapara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 26 - -
Population 117 65 52
Child (0-6) 16 11 5
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 117 65 52
Literacy 53.47 % 59.26 % 46.81 %
Total Workers 53 34 19
Main Worker 37 - -
Marginal Worker 16 4 12

Caste Factor

In Tongnapara village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 100.00 % of total population in Tongnapara village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Tongnapara village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Tongnapara village out of total population, 53 were engaged in work activities. 69.81 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 30.19 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 53 workers engaged in Main Work, 10 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 17 were Agricultural labourer.