Lower Paiyong Population, Caste, Working Data South District, Sikkim - Census 2011

Lower Paiyong is a village situated in Ravong sub-division of South District district in Sikkim. As per the Population Census 2011, there are total 136 families residing in the village Lower Paiyong. The total population of Lower Paiyong is 760 out of which 393 are males and 367 are females thus the Average Sex Ratio of Lower Paiyong is 934.

The population of Children of age 0-6 years in Lower Paiyong village is 100 which is 13% of the total population. There are 48 male children and 52 female children between the age 0-6 years. Thus as per the Census 2011 the Child Sex Ratio of Lower Paiyong is 1,083 which is greater than Average Sex Ratio (934) of Lower Paiyong village.

Population
760
Families
136
Literacy
83.03%
Sex Ratio
934

As per the Census 2011, the literacy rate of Lower Paiyong is 83%. Thus Lower Paiyong village has higher literacy rate compared to 72.7% of South District district. The male literacy rate is 88.41% and the female literacy rate is 77.14% in Lower Paiyong village.

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

Lower Paiyong Data as per Census 2011

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

Total Male Female
Children 100 48 52
Literacy 83.03% 88.41% 77.14%
Scheduled Caste 9 6 3
Scheduled Tribe 155 89 66
Illiterate 212 88 124

Caste Data as per Census 2011

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 1.2% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 20.4% of total population in Lower Paiyong village.

Working Population as per Census 2011

In Lower Paiyong village out of total population, 411 were engaged in work activities. 57.4% of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 42.6% were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 411 workers engaged in Main Work, 178 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.

Total Male Female
Main Workers 236 203 33
Cultivators 178 156 22
Agriculture Labourer 2 2 0
Other Workers 56 45 11
Marginal Workers 175 53 122
Non Working 349 137 212

Nearby Villages to Lower Paiyong,

Below are the list of villages near Lower Paiyong village in Ravong.

Village Population
Lingi 1,854
Upper Paiyong 517
Sokpay 471
Kau 399
Ravong 2,282
Lingmo 297
Sangmo 1,532
Pepthang 444
Rayong 753
Kolthang 1,249

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