Kitam Population, Caste, Working Data South District, Sikkim - Census 2011

Kitam is a village situated in Namchi sub-division of South District district in Sikkim. As per the Population Census 2011, there are total 213 families residing in the village Kitam. The total population of Kitam is 1,036 out of which 502 are males and 534 are females thus the Average Sex Ratio of Kitam is 1,064.

The population of Children of age 0-6 years in Kitam village is 100 which is 10% of the total population. There are 47 male children and 53 female children between the age 0-6 years. Thus as per the Census 2011 the Child Sex Ratio of Kitam is 1,128 which is greater than Average Sex Ratio (1,064) of Kitam village.

Population
1,036
Families
213
Literacy
85.26%
Sex Ratio
1,064

As per the Census 2011, the literacy rate of Kitam is 85.3%. Thus Kitam village has higher literacy rate compared to 72.7% of South District district. The male literacy rate is 89.45% and the female literacy rate is 81.29% in Kitam village.

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

Kitam Data as per Census 2011

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

Total Male Female
Children 100 47 53
Literacy 85.26% 89.45% 81.29%
Scheduled Caste 54 26 28
Scheduled Tribe 222 100 122
Illiterate 238 95 143

Caste Data as per Census 2011

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 5.2% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 21.4% of total population in Kitam village.

Working Population as per Census 2011

In Kitam village out of total population, 532 were engaged in work activities. 87.2% of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 12.8% were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 532 workers engaged in Main Work, 246 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 19 were Agricultural labourer.

Total Male Female
Main Workers 464 267 197
Cultivators 246 113 133
Agriculture Labourer 19 10 9
Household Industries 15 7 8
Other Workers 184 137 47
Marginal Workers 68 16 52
Non Working 504 219 285

Nearby Villages to Kitam,

Below are the list of villages near Kitam village in Namchi.

Village Population
Manpur 227
Kartickey 876
Mikkhola 687
Sumbuk 1,069
Kopchey 727
Suntaley 410
Assangthang 785
Rong 589
Sangbung 874
Palum 204

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