Skip to main content Skip to docs navigation

Chongnapara Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Chongnapara is a medium size village located in Dalu Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 122 families residing. The Chongnapara village has population of 629 of which 308 are males while 321 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chongnapara village population of children with age 0-6 is 77 which makes up 12.24 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chongnapara village is 1042 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Chongnapara as per census is 1655, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Chongnapara village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Chongnapara village was 73.19 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Chongnapara Male literacy stands at 81.72 % while female literacy rate was 64.47 %.

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

Chongnapara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 122 - -
Population 629 308 321
Child (0-6) 77 29 48
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 621 304 317
Literacy 73.19 % 81.72 % 64.47 %
Total Workers 303 145 158
Main Worker 232 - -
Marginal Worker 71 28 43

Caste Factor

In Chongnapara village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.73 % of total population in Chongnapara village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Chongnapara village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Chongnapara village out of total population, 303 were engaged in work activities. 76.57 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 23.43 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 303 workers engaged in Main Work, 43 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 160 were Agricultural labourer.