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Josipara Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Josipara is a medium size village located in Zikzak Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 74 families residing. The Josipara village has population of 378 of which 186 are males while 192 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Josipara village population of children with age 0-6 is 73 which makes up 19.31 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Josipara village is 1032 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Josipara as per census is 1355, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Josipara village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Josipara village was 75.08 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Josipara Male literacy stands at 81.94 % while female literacy rate was 68.00 %.

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

Josipara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 74 - -
Population 378 186 192
Child (0-6) 73 31 42
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 371 183 188
Literacy 75.08 % 81.94 % 68.00 %
Total Workers 174 91 83
Main Worker 165 - -
Marginal Worker 9 2 7

Caste Factor

In Josipara village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.15 % of total population in Josipara village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Josipara village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Josipara village out of total population, 174 were engaged in work activities. 94.83 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 5.17 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 174 workers engaged in Main Work, 132 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.