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Marengpara Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Marengpara is a medium size village located in Zikzak Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 82 families residing. The Marengpara village has population of 461 of which 236 are males while 225 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Marengpara village population of children with age 0-6 is 91 which makes up 19.74 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Marengpara village is 953 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Marengpara as per census is 1220, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Marengpara village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Marengpara village was 54.32 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Marengpara Male literacy stands at 56.92 % while female literacy rate was 51.43 %.

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

Marengpara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 82 - -
Population 461 236 225
Child (0-6) 91 41 50
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 273 140 133
Literacy 54.32 % 56.92 % 51.43 %
Total Workers 205 102 103
Main Worker 204 - -
Marginal Worker 1 0 1

Caste Factor

In Marengpara village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 59.22 % of total population in Marengpara village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Marengpara village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Marengpara village out of total population, 205 were engaged in work activities. 99.51 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.49 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 205 workers engaged in Main Work, 197 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.