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Jijikapara Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Jijikapara is a medium size village located in Dalu Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 79 families residing. The Jijikapara village has population of 496 of which 251 are males while 245 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jijikapara village population of children with age 0-6 is 76 which makes up 15.32 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jijikapara village is 976 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Jijikapara as per census is 900, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Jijikapara village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Jijikapara village was 85.71 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Jijikapara Male literacy stands at 87.20 % while female literacy rate was 84.21 %.

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

Jijikapara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 79 - -
Population 496 251 245
Child (0-6) 76 40 36
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 490 249 241
Literacy 85.71 % 87.20 % 84.21 %
Total Workers 241 126 115
Main Worker 141 - -
Marginal Worker 100 56 44

Caste Factor

In Jijikapara village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.79 % of total population in Jijikapara village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Jijikapara village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Jijikapara village out of total population, 241 were engaged in work activities. 58.51 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 41.49 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 241 workers engaged in Main Work, 92 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 3 were Agricultural labourer.