Namgeythang Population, Caste, Working Data East District, Sikkim - Census 2011
Namgeythang is a village situated in Gangtok sub-division of East District district in Sikkim. As per the Population Census 2011, there are total 83 families residing in the village Namgeythang. The total population of Namgeythang is 451 out of which 224 are males and 227 are females thus the Average Sex Ratio of Namgeythang is 1,013.
The population of Children of age 0-6 years in Namgeythang village is 52 which is 12% of the total population. There are 30 male children and 22 female children between the age 0-6 years. Thus as per the Census 2011 the Child Sex Ratio of Namgeythang is 733 which is less than Average Sex Ratio (1,013) of Namgeythang village.
As per the Census 2011, the literacy rate of Namgeythang is 74.2%. Thus Namgeythang village has lower literacy rate compared to 75.6% of East District district. The male literacy rate is 82.47% and the female literacy rate is 66.34% in Namgeythang village.
As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act (Amendment 1998), Namgeythang village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of the village.
Namgeythang Data as per Census 2011
As per the Population Census 2011 data, following are some quick facts about Namgeythang village.
Total | Male | Female | |
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Children | 52 | 30 | 22 |
Literacy | 74.19% | 82.47% | 66.34% |
Scheduled Caste | 56 | 28 | 28 |
Scheduled Tribe | 276 | 131 | 145 |
Illiterate | 155 | 64 | 91 |
Caste Data as per Census 2011
Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 12.4% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 61.2% of total population in Namgeythang village.
Working Population as per Census 2011
In Namgeythang village out of total population, 273 were engaged in work activities. 90.1% of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 9.9% were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 273 workers engaged in Main Work, 157 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.
Total | Male | Female | |
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Main Workers | 246 | 128 | 118 |
Cultivators | 157 | 75 | 82 |
Agriculture Labourer | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Household Industries | 11 | 6 | 5 |
Other Workers | 77 | 47 | 30 |
Marginal Workers | 27 | 14 | 13 |
Non Working | 178 | 82 | 96 |
Nearby Villages to Namgeythang,
Below are the list of villages near Namgeythang village in Gangtok.
Reference
- Census 2011 Data - censusindia.gov.in
- Namgeythang, East District, Sikkim - Wikipedia