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Namchapara Population - South Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Namchapara is a medium size village located in Gasuapara Block of South Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 97 families residing. The Namchapara village has population of 537 of which 276 are males while 261 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Namchapara village population of children with age 0-6 is 123 which makes up 22.91 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Namchapara village is 946 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Namchapara as per census is 1050, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Namchapara village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Namchapara village was 41.06 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Namchapara Male literacy stands at 46.30 % while female literacy rate was 35.35 %.

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

Namchapara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 97 - -
Population 537 276 261
Child (0-6) 123 60 63
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 512 254 258
Literacy 41.06 % 46.30 % 35.35 %
Total Workers 217 137 80
Main Worker 156 - -
Marginal Worker 61 14 47

Caste Factor

In Namchapara village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 95.34 % of total population in Namchapara village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Namchapara village of South Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Namchapara village out of total population, 217 were engaged in work activities. 71.89 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 28.11 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 217 workers engaged in Main Work, 34 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 9 were Agricultural labourer.