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Parengpara Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Parengpara is a medium size village located in Betasing Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 71 families residing. The Parengpara village has population of 350 of which 193 are males while 157 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Parengpara village population of children with age 0-6 is 93 which makes up 26.57 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Parengpara village is 813 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Parengpara as per census is 722, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Parengpara village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Parengpara village was 69.65 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Parengpara Male literacy stands at 82.73 % while female literacy rate was 54.24 %.

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

Parengpara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 71 - -
Population 350 193 157
Child (0-6) 93 54 39
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 317 172 145
Literacy 69.65 % 82.73 % 54.24 %
Total Workers 141 74 67
Main Worker 134 - -
Marginal Worker 7 4 3

Caste Factor

In Parengpara village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 90.57 % of total population in Parengpara village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Parengpara village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Parengpara village out of total population, 141 were engaged in work activities. 95.04 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 4.96 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 141 workers engaged in Main Work, 91 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 15 were Agricultural labourer.