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Ghegapara Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Ghegapara is a medium size village located in Zikzak Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 224 families residing. The Ghegapara village has population of 1050 of which 527 are males while 523 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Ghegapara village population of children with age 0-6 is 181 which makes up 17.24 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Ghegapara village is 992 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Ghegapara as per census is 926, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Ghegapara village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Ghegapara village was 54.32 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Ghegapara Male literacy stands at 59.35 % while female literacy rate was 49.31 %.

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

Ghegapara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 224 - -
Population 1,050 527 523
Child (0-6) 181 94 87
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 54.32 % 59.35 % 49.31 %
Total Workers 277 232 45
Main Worker 254 - -
Marginal Worker 23 20 3

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Ghegapara village of West Garo Hills district.

Work Profile

In Ghegapara village out of total population, 277 were engaged in work activities. 91.70 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 8.30 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 277 workers engaged in Main Work, 42 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 57 were Agricultural labourer.