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Tongapara Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Tongapara is a medium size village located in Dadenggiri Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 72 families residing. The Tongapara village has population of 417 of which 215 are males while 202 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Tongapara village population of children with age 0-6 is 75 which makes up 17.99 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Tongapara village is 940 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Tongapara as per census is 923, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Tongapara village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Tongapara village was 62.87 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Tongapara Male literacy stands at 73.30 % while female literacy rate was 51.81 %.

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

Tongapara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 72 - -
Population 417 215 202
Child (0-6) 75 39 36
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 396 207 189
Literacy 62.87 % 73.30 % 51.81 %
Total Workers 178 88 90
Main Worker 158 - -
Marginal Worker 20 5 15

Caste Factor

In Tongapara village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 94.96 % of total population in Tongapara village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Tongapara village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Tongapara village out of total population, 178 were engaged in work activities. 88.76 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 11.24 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 178 workers engaged in Main Work, 142 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.