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Jigatalpara Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Jigatalpara is a small village located in Zikzak Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 32 families residing. The Jigatalpara village has population of 128 of which 61 are males while 67 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jigatalpara village population of children with age 0-6 is 10 which makes up 7.81 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jigatalpara village is 1098 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Jigatalpara as per census is 1000, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Jigatalpara village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Jigatalpara village was 75.42 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Jigatalpara Male literacy stands at 87.50 % while female literacy rate was 64.52 %.

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

Jigatalpara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 32 - -
Population 128 61 67
Child (0-6) 10 5 5
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 128 61 67
Literacy 75.42 % 87.50 % 64.52 %
Total Workers 50 28 22
Main Worker 45 - -
Marginal Worker 5 2 3

Caste Factor

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

Work Profile

In Jigatalpara village out of total population, 50 were engaged in work activities. 90.00 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 10.00 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 50 workers engaged in Main Work, 20 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 12 were Agricultural labourer.