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Dhapangpara Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Dhapangpara is a medium size village located in Tikrikilla Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 49 families residing. The Dhapangpara village has population of 221 of which 105 are males while 116 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhapangpara village population of children with age 0-6 is 32 which makes up 14.48 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhapangpara village is 1105 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhapangpara as per census is 1286, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Dhapangpara village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhapangpara village was 59.26 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Dhapangpara Male literacy stands at 69.23 % while female literacy rate was 50.00 %.

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

Dhapangpara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 49 - -
Population 221 105 116
Child (0-6) 32 14 18
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 220 105 115
Literacy 59.26 % 69.23 % 50.00 %
Total Workers 121 54 67
Main Worker 17 - -
Marginal Worker 104 38 66

Caste Factor

In Dhapangpara village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.55 % of total population in Dhapangpara village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Dhapangpara village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Dhapangpara village out of total population, 121 were engaged in work activities. 14.05 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 85.95 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 121 workers engaged in Main Work, 1 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.