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Tarapara Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Tarapara is a small village located in Selsella Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 37 families residing. The Tarapara village has population of 161 of which 83 are males while 78 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Tarapara village population of children with age 0-6 is 26 which makes up 16.15 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Tarapara village is 940 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Tarapara as per census is 1167, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Tarapara village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Tarapara village was 57.04 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Tarapara Male literacy stands at 66.20 % while female literacy rate was 46.88 %.

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

Tarapara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 37 - -
Population 161 83 78
Child (0-6) 26 12 14
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 160 82 78
Literacy 57.04 % 66.20 % 46.88 %
Total Workers 92 49 43
Main Worker 44 - -
Marginal Worker 48 17 31

Caste Factor

In Tarapara village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.38 % of total population in Tarapara village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Tarapara village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Tarapara village out of total population, 92 were engaged in work activities. 47.83 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 52.17 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 92 workers engaged in Main Work, 18 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 8 were Agricultural labourer.