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Gongrapara Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Gongrapara is a small village located in Zikzak Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 26 families residing. The Gongrapara village has population of 125 of which 55 are males while 70 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gongrapara village population of children with age 0-6 is 31 which makes up 24.80 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gongrapara village is 1273 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Gongrapara as per census is 2100, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Gongrapara village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Gongrapara village was 53.19 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Gongrapara Male literacy stands at 66.67 % while female literacy rate was 40.82 %.

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

Gongrapara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 26 - -
Population 125 55 70
Child (0-6) 31 10 21
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 117 51 66
Literacy 53.19 % 66.67 % 40.82 %
Total Workers 61 27 34
Main Worker 49 - -
Marginal Worker 12 0 12

Caste Factor

In Gongrapara village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 93.60 % of total population in Gongrapara village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Gongrapara village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Gongrapara village out of total population, 61 were engaged in work activities. 80.33 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 19.67 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 61 workers engaged in Main Work, 49 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.