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Tarapara Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Tarapara is a medium size village located in Zikzak Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 144 families residing. The Tarapara village has population of 602 of which 298 are males while 304 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Tarapara village population of children with age 0-6 is 85 which makes up 14.12 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Tarapara village is 1020 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Tarapara as per census is 1500, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Tarapara village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Tarapara village was 54.35 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Tarapara Male literacy stands at 68.94 % while female literacy rate was 39.13 %.

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

Tarapara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 144 - -
Population 602 298 304
Child (0-6) 85 34 51
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 602 298 304
Literacy 54.35 % 68.94 % 39.13 %
Total Workers 334 164 170
Main Worker 182 - -
Marginal Worker 152 22 130

Caste Factor

In Tarapara village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 100.00 % of total population in Tarapara village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Tarapara village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Tarapara village out of total population, 334 were engaged in work activities. 54.49 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 45.51 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 334 workers engaged in Main Work, 115 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 33 were Agricultural labourer.