Dhelapara Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Dhelapara is a medium size village located in Tikrikilla Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 93 families residing. The Dhelapara village has population of 383 of which 196 are males while 187 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhelapara village population of children with age 0-6 is 60 which makes up 15.67 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhelapara village is 954 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhelapara as per census is 1222, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Dhelapara village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhelapara village was 69.66 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Dhelapara Male literacy stands at 78.11 % while female literacy rate was 60.39 %.

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

Dhelapara Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	93	-	-
Population	383	196	187
Child (0-6)	60	27	33
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	377	192	185
Literacy	69.66 %	78.11 %	60.39 %
Total Workers	188	92	96
Main Worker	106	-	-
Marginal Worker	82	36	46

Caste Factor

In Dhelapara village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.43 % of total population in Dhelapara village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Dhelapara village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Dhelapara village out of total population, 188 were engaged in work activities. 56.38 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 43.62 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 188 workers engaged in Main Work, 92 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 3 were Agricultural labourer.