Salpara Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Salpara is a medium size village located in Mawshynrut Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 42 families residing. The Salpara village has population of 241 of which 121 are males while 120 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Salpara village population of children with age 0-6 is 42 which makes up 17.43 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Salpara village is 992 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Salpara as per census is 1000, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Salpara village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Salpara village was 95.48 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Salpara Male literacy stands at 97.00 % while female literacy rate was 93.94 %.

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

Salpara Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	42	-	-
Population	241	121	120
Child (0-6)	42	21	21
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	228	114	114
Literacy	95.48 %	97.00 %	93.94 %
Total Workers	111	61	50
Main Worker	96	-	-
Marginal Worker	15	9	6

Caste Factor

In Salpara village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 94.61 % of total population in Salpara village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Salpara village of West Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Salpara village out of total population, 111 were engaged in work activities. 86.49 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 13.51 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 111 workers engaged in Main Work, 58 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.