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Balapara Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Balapara is a small village located in Mawshynrut Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 32 families residing. The Balapara village has population of 184 of which 98 are males while 86 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Balapara village population of children with age 0-6 is 39 which makes up 21.20 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Balapara village is 878 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Balapara as per census is 696, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Balapara village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Balapara village was 98.62 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Balapara Male literacy stands at 97.33 % while female literacy rate was 100.00 %.

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

Balapara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 32 - -
Population 184 98 86
Child (0-6) 39 23 16
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 176 95 81
Literacy 98.62 % 97.33 % 100.00 %
Total Workers 82 45 37
Main Worker 70 - -
Marginal Worker 12 7 5

Caste Factor

In Balapara village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 95.65 % of total population in Balapara village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Balapara village of West Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Balapara village out of total population, 82 were engaged in work activities. 85.37 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 14.63 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 82 workers engaged in Main Work, 46 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.