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Chapahati I Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Chapahati I is a medium size village located in Zikzak Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 220 families residing. The Chapahati I village has population of 1355 of which 707 are males while 648 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chapahati I village population of children with age 0-6 is 228 which makes up 16.83 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chapahati I village is 917 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Chapahati I as per census is 1036, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Chapahati I village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Chapahati I village was 69.39 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Chapahati I Male literacy stands at 71.60 % while female literacy rate was 66.92 %.

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

Chapahati I Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 220 - -
Population 1,355 707 648
Child (0-6) 228 112 116
Schedule Caste 38 21 17
Schedule Tribe 1,133 567 566
Literacy 69.39 % 71.60 % 66.92 %
Total Workers 542 326 216
Main Worker 316 - -
Marginal Worker 226 54 172

Caste Factor

In Chapahati I village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 83.62 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 2.80 % of total population in Chapahati I village.

Work Profile

In Chapahati I village out of total population, 542 were engaged in work activities. 58.30 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 41.70 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 542 workers engaged in Main Work, 161 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 31 were Agricultural labourer.