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Chipra Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Chipra is a medium size village located in Zikzak Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 32 families residing. The Chipra village has population of 202 of which 104 are males while 98 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chipra village population of children with age 0-6 is 38 which makes up 18.81 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chipra village is 942 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Chipra as per census is 583, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Chipra village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Chipra village was 82.32 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Chipra Male literacy stands at 81.25 % while female literacy rate was 83.33 %.

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

Chipra Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 32 - -
Population 202 104 98
Child (0-6) 38 24 14
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 202 104 98
Literacy 82.32 % 81.25 % 83.33 %
Total Workers 71 41 30
Main Worker 67 - -
Marginal Worker 4 1 3

Caste Factor

In Chipra village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 100.00 % of total population in Chipra village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Chipra village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Chipra village out of total population, 71 were engaged in work activities. 94.37 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 5.63 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 71 workers engaged in Main Work, 64 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.