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Paglapara Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Paglapara is a medium size village located in Zikzak Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 89 families residing. The Paglapara village has population of 479 of which 262 are males while 217 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Paglapara village population of children with age 0-6 is 99 which makes up 20.67 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Paglapara village is 828 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Paglapara as per census is 1106, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Paglapara village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Paglapara village was 63.68 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Paglapara Male literacy stands at 73.49 % while female literacy rate was 50.91 %.

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

Paglapara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 89 - -
Population 479 262 217
Child (0-6) 99 47 52
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 477 260 217
Literacy 63.68 % 73.49 % 50.91 %
Total Workers 144 100 44
Main Worker 133 - -
Marginal Worker 11 2 9

Caste Factor

In Paglapara village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.58 % of total population in Paglapara village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Paglapara village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Paglapara village out of total population, 144 were engaged in work activities. 92.36 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 7.64 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 144 workers engaged in Main Work, 114 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 11 were Agricultural labourer.