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Rakwapara Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Rakwapara is a medium size village located in Gambegre Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 77 families residing. The Rakwapara village has population of 428 of which 218 are males while 210 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Rakwapara village population of children with age 0-6 is 108 which makes up 25.23 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Rakwapara village is 963 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Rakwapara as per census is 1118, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Rakwapara village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Rakwapara village was 74.06 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Rakwapara Male literacy stands at 83.23 % while female literacy rate was 64.05 %.

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

Rakwapara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 77 - -
Population 428 218 210
Child (0-6) 108 51 57
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 411 209 202
Literacy 74.06 % 83.23 % 64.05 %
Total Workers 185 100 85
Main Worker 147 - -
Marginal Worker 38 18 20

Caste Factor

In Rakwapara village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 96.03 % of total population in Rakwapara village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Rakwapara village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Rakwapara village out of total population, 185 were engaged in work activities. 79.46 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 20.54 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 185 workers engaged in Main Work, 23 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 61 were Agricultural labourer.