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Merengipara Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Merengipara is a medium size village located in Zikzak Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 141 families residing. The Merengipara village has population of 784 of which 402 are males while 382 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Merengipara village population of children with age 0-6 is 180 which makes up 22.96 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Merengipara village is 950 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Merengipara as per census is 935, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Merengipara village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Merengipara village was 75.99 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Merengipara Male literacy stands at 77.67 % while female literacy rate was 74.24 %.

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

Merengipara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 141 - -
Population 784 402 382
Child (0-6) 180 93 87
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 773 396 377
Literacy 75.99 % 77.67 % 74.24 %
Total Workers 300 165 135
Main Worker 284 - -
Marginal Worker 16 4 12

Caste Factor

In Merengipara village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.60 % of total population in Merengipara village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Merengipara village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Merengipara village out of total population, 300 were engaged in work activities. 94.67 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 5.33 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 300 workers engaged in Main Work, 214 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 58 were Agricultural labourer.