Kherapara Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Kherapara is a medium size village located in Dalu Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 45 families residing. The Kherapara village has population of 265 of which 126 are males while 139 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kherapara village population of children with age 0-6 is 58 which makes up 21.89 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kherapara village is 1103 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Kherapara as per census is 1231, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Kherapara village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Kherapara village was 87.92 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Kherapara Male literacy stands at 91.00 % while female literacy rate was 85.05 %.

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

Kherapara Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	45	-	-
Population	265	126	139
Child (0-6)	58	26	32
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	257	120	137
Literacy	87.92 %	91.00 %	85.05 %
Total Workers	192	90	102
Main Worker	84	-	-
Marginal Worker	108	46	62

Caste Factor

In Kherapara village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 96.98 % of total population in Kherapara village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Kherapara village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Kherapara village out of total population, 192 were engaged in work activities. 43.75 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 56.25 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 192 workers engaged in Main Work, 5 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 8 were Agricultural labourer.