Bongpara Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Bongpara is a medium size village located in Betasing Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 95 families residing. The Bongpara village has population of 525 of which 254 are males while 271 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Bongpara village population of children with age 0-6 is 97 which makes up 18.48 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Bongpara village is 1067 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Bongpara as per census is 902, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Bongpara village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Bongpara village was 72.66 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Bongpara Male literacy stands at 74.88 % while female literacy rate was 70.67 %.

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

Bongpara Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	95	-	-
Population	525	254	271
Child (0-6)	97	51	46
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	524	253	271
Literacy	72.66 %	74.88 %	70.67 %
Total Workers	222	106	116
Main Worker	177	-	-
Marginal Worker	45	26	19

Caste Factor

In Bongpara village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.81 % of total population in Bongpara village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Bongpara village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Bongpara village out of total population, 222 were engaged in work activities. 79.73 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 20.27 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 222 workers engaged in Main Work, 5 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.