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Buripara Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Buripara is a medium size village located in Rongram Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 96 families residing. The Buripara village has population of 486 of which 237 are males while 249 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Buripara village population of children with age 0-6 is 109 which makes up 22.43 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Buripara village is 1051 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Buripara as per census is 1019, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Buripara village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Buripara village was 46.68 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Buripara Male literacy stands at 55.19 % while female literacy rate was 38.66 %.

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

Buripara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 96 - -
Population 486 237 249
Child (0-6) 109 54 55
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 482 237 245
Literacy 46.68 % 55.19 % 38.66 %
Total Workers 207 96 111
Main Worker 206 - -
Marginal Worker 1 1 0

Caste Factor

In Buripara village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.18 % of total population in Buripara village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Buripara village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Buripara village out of total population, 207 were engaged in work activities. 99.52 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.48 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 207 workers engaged in Main Work, 198 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.