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Durapara Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Durapara is a medium size village located in Zikzak Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 84 families residing. The Durapara village has population of 461 of which 229 are males while 232 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Durapara village population of children with age 0-6 is 130 which makes up 28.20 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Durapara village is 1013 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Durapara as per census is 1063, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Durapara village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Durapara village was 59.52 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Durapara Male literacy stands at 66.87 % while female literacy rate was 52.12 %.

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

Durapara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 84 - -
Population 461 229 232
Child (0-6) 130 63 67
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 458 228 230
Literacy 59.52 % 66.87 % 52.12 %
Total Workers 199 99 100
Main Worker 199 - -
Marginal Worker 0 0 0

Caste Factor

In Durapara village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.35 % of total population in Durapara village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Durapara village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Durapara village out of total population, 199 were engaged in work activities. 100.00 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.00 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 199 workers engaged in Main Work, 187 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.