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Guripara Population - South Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Guripara is a small village located in Gasuapara Block of South Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 30 families residing. The Guripara village has population of 177 of which 91 are males while 86 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Guripara village population of children with age 0-6 is 34 which makes up 19.21 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Guripara village is 945 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Guripara as per census is 1429, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Guripara village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Guripara village was 75.52 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Guripara Male literacy stands at 88.31 % while female literacy rate was 60.61 %.

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

Guripara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 30 - -
Population 177 91 86
Child (0-6) 34 14 20
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 173 89 84
Literacy 75.52 % 88.31 % 60.61 %
Total Workers 82 46 36
Main Worker 78 - -
Marginal Worker 4 2 2

Caste Factor

In Guripara village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 97.74 % of total population in Guripara village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Guripara village of South Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Guripara village out of total population, 82 were engaged in work activities. 95.12 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 4.88 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 82 workers engaged in Main Work, 74 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.