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Dengnakpara Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Dengnakpara is a medium size village located in Betasing Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 118 families residing. The Dengnakpara village has population of 714 of which 353 are males while 361 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dengnakpara village population of children with age 0-6 is 117 which makes up 16.39 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dengnakpara village is 1023 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Dengnakpara as per census is 950, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Dengnakpara village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Dengnakpara village was 94.47 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Dengnakpara Male literacy stands at 97.95 % while female literacy rate was 91.12 %.

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

Dengnakpara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 118 - -
Population 714 353 361
Child (0-6) 117 60 57
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 706 349 357
Literacy 94.47 % 97.95 % 91.12 %
Total Workers 259 138 121
Main Worker 191 - -
Marginal Worker 68 9 59

Caste Factor

In Dengnakpara village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.88 % of total population in Dengnakpara village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Dengnakpara village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Dengnakpara village out of total population, 259 were engaged in work activities. 73.75 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 26.25 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 259 workers engaged in Main Work, 39 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 41 were Agricultural labourer.