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Melapara Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Melapara is a small village located in Zikzak Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 21 families residing. The Melapara village has population of 100 of which 61 are males while 39 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Melapara village population of children with age 0-6 is 15 which makes up 15.00 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Melapara village is 639 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Melapara as per census is 500, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Melapara village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Melapara village was 50.59 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Melapara Male literacy stands at 56.86 % while female literacy rate was 41.18 %.

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

Melapara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 21 - -
Population 100 61 39
Child (0-6) 15 10 5
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 100 61 39
Literacy 50.59 % 56.86 % 41.18 %
Total Workers 51 26 25
Main Worker 23 - -
Marginal Worker 28 6 22

Caste Factor

In Melapara village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 100.00 % of total population in Melapara village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Melapara village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Melapara village out of total population, 51 were engaged in work activities. 45.10 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 54.90 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 51 workers engaged in Main Work, 20 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.