Kentapara Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Kentapara is a medium size village located in Dadenggiri Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 97 families residing. The Kentapara village has population of 483 of which 231 are males while 252 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kentapara village population of children with age 0-6 is 89 which makes up 18.43 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kentapara village is 1091 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Kentapara as per census is 1225, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Kentapara village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Kentapara village was 23.35 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Kentapara Male literacy stands at 26.70 % while female literacy rate was 20.20 %.

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

Kentapara Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	97	-	-
Population	483	231	252
Child (0-6)	89	40	49
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	435	209	226
Literacy	23.35 %	26.70 %	20.20 %
Total Workers	217	114	103
Main Worker	169	-	-
Marginal Worker	48	22	26

Caste Factor

In Kentapara village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 90.06 % of total population in Kentapara village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Kentapara village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Kentapara village out of total population, 217 were engaged in work activities. 77.88 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 22.12 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 217 workers engaged in Main Work, 154 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 4 were Agricultural labourer.