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Jegalpara Population - East Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Jegalpara is a small village located in Kharkutta Block of East Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 35 families residing. The Jegalpara village has population of 195 of which 91 are males while 104 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jegalpara village population of children with age 0-6 is 45 which makes up 23.08 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jegalpara village is 1143 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Jegalpara as per census is 1250, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Jegalpara village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Jegalpara village was 95.33 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Jegalpara Male literacy stands at 95.77 % while female literacy rate was 94.94 %.

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

Jegalpara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 35 - -
Population 195 91 104
Child (0-6) 45 20 25
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 191 87 104
Literacy 95.33 % 95.77 % 94.94 %
Total Workers 48 38 10
Main Worker 28 - -
Marginal Worker 20 13 7

Caste Factor

In Jegalpara village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 97.95 % of total population in Jegalpara village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Jegalpara village of East Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Jegalpara village out of total population, 48 were engaged in work activities. 58.33 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 41.67 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 48 workers engaged in Main Work, 18 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.