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Kara Balapara Population - East Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Kara Balapara is a small village located in Kharkutta Block of East Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 28 families residing. The Kara Balapara village has population of 164 of which 77 are males while 87 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kara Balapara village population of children with age 0-6 is 33 which makes up 20.12 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kara Balapara village is 1130 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Kara Balapara as per census is 1357, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Kara Balapara village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Kara Balapara village was 63.36 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Kara Balapara Male literacy stands at 58.73 % while female literacy rate was 67.65 %.

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

Kara Balapara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 28 - -
Population 164 77 87
Child (0-6) 33 14 19
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 163 76 87
Literacy 63.36 % 58.73 % 67.65 %
Total Workers 79 38 41
Main Worker 24 - -
Marginal Worker 55 22 33

Caste Factor

In Kara Balapara village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.39 % of total population in Kara Balapara village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Kara Balapara village of East Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Kara Balapara village out of total population, 79 were engaged in work activities. 30.38 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 69.62 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 79 workers engaged in Main Work, 11 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 11 were Agricultural labourer.