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Matchokpara Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Matchokpara is a small village located in Betasing Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 20 families residing. The Matchokpara village has population of 109 of which 63 are males while 46 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Matchokpara village population of children with age 0-6 is 23 which makes up 21.10 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Matchokpara village is 730 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Matchokpara as per census is 1091, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Matchokpara village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Matchokpara village was 73.26 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Matchokpara Male literacy stands at 84.62 % while female literacy rate was 55.88 %.

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

Matchokpara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 20 - -
Population 109 63 46
Child (0-6) 23 11 12
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 108 63 45
Literacy 73.26 % 84.62 % 55.88 %
Total Workers 48 27 21
Main Worker 44 - -
Marginal Worker 4 3 1

Caste Factor

In Matchokpara village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.08 % of total population in Matchokpara village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Matchokpara village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Matchokpara village out of total population, 48 were engaged in work activities. 91.67 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 8.33 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 48 workers engaged in Main Work, 13 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 12 were Agricultural labourer.