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.

Population
451
Families
83
Literacy
74.19%
Sex Ratio
1,013

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
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
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.

Village Population
Rapdang 424
Byang 495
Tshalumthang 1,405
Phengyong 1,256
Chisopani 2,719
Tirkutam 327
Sakyong 386
Nazitam 810
Sherwani 1,489
Martam 3,720

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