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Old Kalapara Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Old Kalapara is a medium size village located in Tikrikilla Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 58 families residing. The Old Kalapara village has population of 313 of which 168 are males while 145 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Old Kalapara village population of children with age 0-6 is 57 which makes up 18.21 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Old Kalapara village is 863 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Old Kalapara as per census is 541, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Old Kalapara village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Old Kalapara village was 72.66 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Old Kalapara Male literacy stands at 74.05 % while female literacy rate was 71.20 %.

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

Old Kalapara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 58 - -
Population 313 168 145
Child (0-6) 57 37 20
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 310 167 143
Literacy 72.66 % 74.05 % 71.20 %
Total Workers 187 103 84
Main Worker 171 - -
Marginal Worker 16 10 6

Caste Factor

In Old Kalapara village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.04 % of total population in Old Kalapara village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Old Kalapara village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Old Kalapara village out of total population, 187 were engaged in work activities. 91.44 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 8.56 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 187 workers engaged in Main Work, 160 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.