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Karipara Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Karipara is a medium size village located in Zikzak Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 74 families residing. The Karipara village has population of 343 of which 172 are males while 171 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Karipara village population of children with age 0-6 is 52 which makes up 15.16 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Karipara village is 994 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Karipara as per census is 857, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Karipara village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Karipara village was 68.38 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Karipara Male literacy stands at 78.47 % while female literacy rate was 58.50 %.

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

Karipara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 74 - -
Population 343 172 171
Child (0-6) 52 28 24
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 68.38 % 78.47 % 58.50 %
Total Workers 91 80 11
Main Worker 35 - -
Marginal Worker 56 52 4

Caste Factor

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

Work Profile

In Karipara village out of total population, 91 were engaged in work activities. 38.46 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 61.54 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 91 workers engaged in Main Work, 2 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.