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Ganipara Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Ganipara is a medium size village located in Dalu Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 67 families residing. The Ganipara village has population of 347 of which 183 are males while 164 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Ganipara village population of children with age 0-6 is 73 which makes up 21.04 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Ganipara village is 896 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Ganipara as per census is 872, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Ganipara village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Ganipara village was 80.29 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Ganipara Male literacy stands at 79.17 % while female literacy rate was 81.54 %.

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

Ganipara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 67 - -
Population 347 183 164
Child (0-6) 73 39 34
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 344 182 162
Literacy 80.29 % 79.17 % 81.54 %
Total Workers 161 90 71
Main Worker 156 - -
Marginal Worker 5 3 2

Caste Factor

In Ganipara village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.14 % of total population in Ganipara village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Ganipara village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Ganipara village out of total population, 161 were engaged in work activities. 96.89 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 3.11 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 161 workers engaged in Main Work, 122 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 5 were Agricultural labourer.