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Nengkalpara Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Nengkalpara is a medium size village located in Selsella Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 105 families residing. The Nengkalpara village has population of 587 of which 314 are males while 273 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nengkalpara village population of children with age 0-6 is 130 which makes up 22.15 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nengkalpara village is 869 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Nengkalpara as per census is 970, equal than Meghalaya average of 970.

Nengkalpara village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Nengkalpara village was 69.15 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Nengkalpara Male literacy stands at 74.19 % while female literacy rate was 63.16 %.

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

Nengkalpara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 105 - -
Population 587 314 273
Child (0-6) 130 66 64
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 568 303 265
Literacy 69.15 % 74.19 % 63.16 %
Total Workers 263 131 132
Main Worker 224 - -
Marginal Worker 39 23 16

Caste Factor

In Nengkalpara village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 96.76 % of total population in Nengkalpara village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Nengkalpara village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Nengkalpara village out of total population, 263 were engaged in work activities. 85.17 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 14.83 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 263 workers engaged in Main Work, 194 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 20 were Agricultural labourer.