Bakhlapara Population - Ri Bhoi, Meghalaya

Bakhlapara is a medium size village located in Jirang Block of Ri Bhoi district, Meghalaya with total 87 families residing. The Bakhlapara village has population of 427 of which 212 are males while 215 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Bakhlapara village population of children with age 0-6 is 46 which makes up 10.77 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Bakhlapara village is 1014 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Bakhlapara as per census is 769, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Bakhlapara village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Bakhlapara village was 73.23 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Bakhlapara Male literacy stands at 76.34 % while female literacy rate was 70.26 %.

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

Bakhlapara Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	87	-	-
Population	427	212	215
Child (0-6)	46	26	20
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	421	208	213
Literacy	73.23 %	76.34 %	70.26 %
Total Workers	266	132	134
Main Worker	183	-	-
Marginal Worker	83	39	44

Caste Factor

In Bakhlapara village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.59 % of total population in Bakhlapara village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Bakhlapara village of Ri Bhoi.

Work Profile

In Bakhlapara village out of total population, 266 were engaged in work activities. 68.80 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 31.20 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 266 workers engaged in Main Work, 58 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 8 were Agricultural labourer.