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Malapara Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Malapara is a medium size village located in Mawshynrut Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 48 families residing. The Malapara village has population of 293 of which 133 are males while 160 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Malapara village population of children with age 0-6 is 40 which makes up 13.65 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Malapara village is 1203 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Malapara as per census is 1667, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Malapara village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Malapara village was 93.28 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Malapara Male literacy stands at 93.22 % while female literacy rate was 93.33 %.

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

Malapara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 48 - -
Population 293 133 160
Child (0-6) 40 15 25
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 291 132 159
Literacy 93.28 % 93.22 % 93.33 %
Total Workers 160 79 81
Main Worker 75 - -
Marginal Worker 85 10 75

Caste Factor

In Malapara village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.32 % of total population in Malapara village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Malapara village of West Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Malapara village out of total population, 160 were engaged in work activities. 46.88 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 53.13 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 160 workers engaged in Main Work, 72 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.