Marapara Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Marapara is a medium size village located in Dalu Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 63 families residing. The Marapara village has population of 390 of which 202 are males while 188 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Marapara village population of children with age 0-6 is 67 which makes up 17.18 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Marapara village is 931 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Marapara as per census is 763, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Marapara village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Marapara village was 63.47 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Marapara Male literacy stands at 69.51 % while female literacy rate was 57.23 %.

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

Marapara Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	63	-	-
Population	390	202	188
Child (0-6)	67	38	29
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	386	201	185
Literacy	63.47 %	69.51 %	57.23 %
Total Workers	141	72	69
Main Worker	14	-	-
Marginal Worker	127	61	66

Caste Factor

In Marapara village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.97 % of total population in Marapara village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Marapara village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Marapara village out of total population, 141 were engaged in work activities. 9.93 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 90.07 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 141 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.