Kerupara Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Kerupara is a medium size village located in Gambegre Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 46 families residing. The Kerupara village has population of 263 of which 135 are males while 128 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kerupara village population of children with age 0-6 is 56 which makes up 21.29 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kerupara village is 948 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Kerupara as per census is 1074, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Kerupara village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Kerupara village was 57.49 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Kerupara Male literacy stands at 60.19 % while female literacy rate was 54.55 %.

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

Kerupara Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	46	-	-
Population	263	135	128
Child (0-6)	56	27	29
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	248	130	118
Literacy	57.49 %	60.19 %	54.55 %
Total Workers	150	74	76
Main Worker	85	-	-
Marginal Worker	65	20	45

Caste Factor

In Kerupara village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 94.30 % of total population in Kerupara village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Kerupara village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Kerupara village out of total population, 150 were engaged in work activities. 56.67 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 43.33 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 150 workers engaged in Main Work, 55 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 3 were Agricultural labourer.