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Somonpara Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Somonpara is a medium size village located in Gambegre Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 110 families residing. The Somonpara village has population of 622 of which 312 are males while 310 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Somonpara village population of children with age 0-6 is 115 which makes up 18.49 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Somonpara village is 994 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Somonpara as per census is 797, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Somonpara village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Somonpara village was 91.12 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Somonpara Male literacy stands at 99.19 % while female literacy rate was 83.40 %.

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

Somonpara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 110 - -
Population 622 312 310
Child (0-6) 115 64 51
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 607 307 300
Literacy 91.12 % 99.19 % 83.40 %
Total Workers 256 123 133
Main Worker 244 - -
Marginal Worker 12 5 7

Caste Factor

In Somonpara village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 97.59 % of total population in Somonpara village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Somonpara village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Somonpara village out of total population, 256 were engaged in work activities. 95.31 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 4.69 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 256 workers engaged in Main Work, 229 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.