Dholepchen Population, Caste, Working Data East District, Sikkim - Census 2011

Dholepchen is a village situated in Rongli sub-division of East District district in Sikkim. As per the Population Census 2011, there are total 558 families residing in the village Dholepchen. The total population of Dholepchen is 2,553 out of which 1,290 are males and 1,263 are females thus the Average Sex Ratio of Dholepchen is 979.

The population of Children of age 0-6 years in Dholepchen village is 252 which is 10% of the total population. There are 126 male children and 126 female children between the age 0-6 years. Thus as per the Census 2011 the Child Sex Ratio of Dholepchen is 1,000 which is greater than Average Sex Ratio (979) of Dholepchen village.

Population
2,553
Families
558
Literacy
83.27%
Sex Ratio
979

As per the Census 2011, the literacy rate of Dholepchen is 83.3%. Thus Dholepchen village has higher literacy rate compared to 75.6% of East District district. The male literacy rate is 87.97% and the female literacy rate is 78.45% in Dholepchen village.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act (Amendment 1998), Dholepchen village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of the village.

Dholepchen Data as per Census 2011

As per the Population Census 2011 data, following are some quick facts about Dholepchen village.

Total Male Female
Children 252 126 126
Literacy 83.27% 87.97% 78.45%
Scheduled Caste 47 20 27
Scheduled Tribe 196 102 94
Illiterate 637 266 371

Caste Data as per Census 2011

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 1.8% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 7.7% of total population in Dholepchen village.

Working Population as per Census 2011

In Dholepchen village out of total population, 901 were engaged in work activities. 82.1% of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 17.9% were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 901 workers engaged in Main Work, 346 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 40 were Agricultural labourer.

Total Male Female
Main Workers 740 572 168
Cultivators 346 282 64
Agriculture Labourer 40 37 3
Household Industries 1 1 0
Other Workers 353 252 101
Marginal Workers 161 112 49
Non Working 1,652 606 1,046

Nearby Villages to Dholepchen,

Below are the list of villages near Dholepchen village in Rongli.

Village Population
Chujachen 4,781
Sudunglakha 957
Changeylakha 649
Mulukey 851
South Rhegoh 680
Tarpin 1,858
North Rhegoh 1,308
Aritar 3,175
Subanedara 1,749
Singaneybas 54

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