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Chelapara Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Chelapara is a medium size village located in Zikzak Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 155 families residing. The Chelapara village has population of 636 of which 319 are males while 317 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chelapara village population of children with age 0-6 is 69 which makes up 10.85 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chelapara village is 994 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Chelapara as per census is 1464, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Chelapara village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Chelapara village was 76.19 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Chelapara Male literacy stands at 87.63 % while female literacy rate was 64.13 %.

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

Chelapara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 155 - -
Population 636 319 317
Child (0-6) 69 28 41
Schedule Caste 4 3 1
Schedule Tribe 632 316 316
Literacy 76.19 % 87.63 % 64.13 %
Total Workers 347 188 159
Main Worker 338 - -
Marginal Worker 9 2 7

Caste Factor

In Chelapara village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.37 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 0.63 % of total population in Chelapara village.

Work Profile

In Chelapara village out of total population, 347 were engaged in work activities. 97.41 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 2.59 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 347 workers engaged in Main Work, 285 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.