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Marakapara Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Marakapara is a medium size village located in Rongram Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 70 families residing. The Marakapara village has population of 342 of which 156 are males while 186 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Marakapara village population of children with age 0-6 is 78 which makes up 22.81 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Marakapara village is 1192 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Marakapara as per census is 1438, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Marakapara village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Marakapara village was 64.02 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Marakapara Male literacy stands at 68.55 % while female literacy rate was 60.00 %.

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

Marakapara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 70 - -
Population 342 156 186
Child (0-6) 78 32 46
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 341 156 185
Literacy 64.02 % 68.55 % 60.00 %
Total Workers 169 79 90
Main Worker 161 - -
Marginal Worker 8 5 3

Caste Factor

In Marakapara village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.71 % of total population in Marakapara village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Marakapara village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Marakapara village out of total population, 169 were engaged in work activities. 95.27 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 4.73 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 169 workers engaged in Main Work, 150 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.