Duriapara Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Duriapara is a medium size village located in Dalu Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 48 families residing. The Duriapara village has population of 254 of which 134 are males while 120 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Duriapara village population of children with age 0-6 is 54 which makes up 21.26 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Duriapara village is 896 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Duriapara as per census is 929, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Duriapara village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Duriapara village was 23.00 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Duriapara Male literacy stands at 28.30 % while female literacy rate was 17.02 %.

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

Duriapara Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	48	-	-
Population	254	134	120
Child (0-6)	54	28	26
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	252	133	119
Literacy	23.00 %	28.30 %	17.02 %
Total Workers	92	54	38
Main Worker	41	-	-
Marginal Worker	51	13	38

Caste Factor

In Duriapara village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.21 % of total population in Duriapara village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Duriapara village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Duriapara village out of total population, 92 were engaged in work activities. 44.57 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 55.43 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 92 workers engaged in Main Work, 34 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 5 were Agricultural labourer.