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Magalpara Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Magalpara is a medium size village located in Dadenggiri Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 155 families residing. The Magalpara village has population of 738 of which 370 are males while 368 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Magalpara village population of children with age 0-6 is 135 which makes up 18.29 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Magalpara village is 995 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Magalpara as per census is 1015, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Magalpara village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Magalpara village was 62.02 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Magalpara Male literacy stands at 72.28 % while female literacy rate was 51.67 %.

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

Magalpara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 155 - -
Population 738 370 368
Child (0-6) 135 67 68
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 723 361 362
Literacy 62.02 % 72.28 % 51.67 %
Total Workers 489 252 237
Main Worker 482 - -
Marginal Worker 7 6 1

Caste Factor

In Magalpara village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 97.97 % of total population in Magalpara village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Magalpara village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Magalpara village out of total population, 489 were engaged in work activities. 98.57 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.43 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 489 workers engaged in Main Work, 142 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.