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Lower Koltapara Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Lower Koltapara is a medium size village located in Ranikor Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 49 families residing. The Lower Koltapara village has population of 295 of which 154 are males while 141 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Lower Koltapara village population of children with age 0-6 is 68 which makes up 23.05 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Lower Koltapara village is 916 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Lower Koltapara as per census is 1429, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Lower Koltapara village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Lower Koltapara village was 49.78 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Lower Koltapara Male literacy stands at 50.00 % while female literacy rate was 49.50 %.

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

Lower Koltapara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 49 - -
Population 295 154 141
Child (0-6) 68 28 40
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 292 153 139
Literacy 49.78 % 50.00 % 49.50 %
Total Workers 101 70 31
Main Worker 25 - -
Marginal Worker 76 50 26

Caste Factor

In Lower Koltapara village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.98 % of total population in Lower Koltapara village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Lower Koltapara village of West Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Lower Koltapara village out of total population, 101 were engaged in work activities. 24.75 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 75.25 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 101 workers engaged in Main Work, 6 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 8 were Agricultural labourer.