Marakapara Population - South Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Marakapara is a small village located in Chokpot Block of South Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 18 families residing. The Marakapara village has population of 102 of which 50 are males while 52 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Marakapara village population of children with age 0-6 is 19 which makes up 18.63 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Marakapara village is 1040 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Marakapara as per census is 1111, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Marakapara village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Marakapara village was 71.08 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Marakapara Male literacy stands at 73.17 % while female literacy rate was 69.05 %.

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

Marakapara Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	18	-	-
Population	102	50	52
Child (0-6)	19	9	10
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	100	49	51
Literacy	71.08 %	73.17 %	69.05 %
Total Workers	79	39	40
Main Worker	42	-	-
Marginal Worker	37	15	22

Caste Factor

In Marakapara village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.04 % of total population in Marakapara village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Marakapara village of South Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Marakapara village out of total population, 79 were engaged in work activities. 53.16 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 46.84 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 79 workers engaged in Main Work, 40 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.