Rinchenpong Population, Caste, Working Data West District, Sikkim - Census 2011

Rinchenpong is a village situated in Soreng sub-division of West District district in Sikkim. As per the Population Census 2011, there are total 298 families residing in the village Rinchenpong. The total population of Rinchenpong is 1,458 out of which 737 are males and 721 are females thus the Average Sex Ratio of Rinchenpong is 978.

The population of Children of age 0-6 years in Rinchenpong village is 139 which is 10% of the total population. There are 55 male children and 84 female children between the age 0-6 years. Thus as per the Census 2011 the Child Sex Ratio of Rinchenpong is 1,527 which is greater than Average Sex Ratio (978) of Rinchenpong village.

Population
1,458
Families
298
Literacy
84.23%
Sex Ratio
978

As per the Census 2011, the literacy rate of Rinchenpong is 84.2%. Thus Rinchenpong village has higher literacy rate compared to 68.5% of West District district. The male literacy rate is 89.44% and the female literacy rate is 78.65% in Rinchenpong village.

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

Rinchenpong Data as per Census 2011

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

Total Male Female
Children 139 55 84
Literacy 84.23% 89.44% 78.65%
Scheduled Caste 25 12 13
Scheduled Tribe 471 247 224
Illiterate 347 127 220

Caste Data as per Census 2011

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 1.7% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 32.3% of total population in Rinchenpong village.

Working Population as per Census 2011

In Rinchenpong village out of total population, 732 were engaged in work activities. 85.4% of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 14.6% were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 732 workers engaged in Main Work, 358 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 12 were Agricultural labourer.

Total Male Female
Main Workers 625 378 247
Cultivators 358 191 167
Agriculture Labourer 12 7 5
Household Industries 15 14 1
Other Workers 240 166 74
Marginal Workers 107 19 88
Non Working 726 340 386

Nearby Villages to Rinchenpong,

Below are the list of villages near Rinchenpong village in Soreng.

Village Population
Tadong} 1,445
Sangadorji 1,198
Jeel 744
Hathidunga 957
Bum 635
Rishi 659
Bara-Samdong 1,385
Sribadam 1,127
Deythang 1,283
Parrengaon 1,301

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