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

Samsing is a village situated in Soreng sub-division of West District district in Sikkim. As per the Population Census 2011, there are total 353 families residing in the village Samsing. The total population of Samsing is 1,802 out of which 983 are males and 819 are females thus the Average Sex Ratio of Samsing is 833.

The population of Children of age 0-6 years in Samsing village is 221 which is 12% of the total population. There are 113 male children and 108 female children between the age 0-6 years. Thus as per the Census 2011 the Child Sex Ratio of Samsing is 956 which is greater than Average Sex Ratio (833) of Samsing village.

Population
1,802
Families
353
Literacy
72.68%
Sex Ratio
833

As per the Census 2011, the literacy rate of Samsing is 72.7%. Thus Samsing village has higher literacy rate compared to 68.5% of West District district. The male literacy rate is 79.54% and the female literacy rate is 64.28% in Samsing village.

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

Samsing Data as per Census 2011

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

Total Male Female
Children 221 113 108
Literacy 72.68% 79.54% 64.28%
Scheduled Caste 128 70 58
Scheduled Tribe 270 149 121
Illiterate 653 291 362

Caste Data as per Census 2011

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 7.1% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 15% of total population in Samsing village.

Working Population as per Census 2011

In Samsing village out of total population, 687 were engaged in work activities. 83.6% of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 16.4% were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 687 workers engaged in Main Work, 277 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.

Total Male Female
Main Workers 574 462 112
Cultivators 277 198 79
Household Industries 2 2 0
Other Workers 295 262 33
Marginal Workers 113 49 64
Non Working 1,115 472 643

Nearby Villages to Samsing,

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

Village Population
Segeng 864
Geling 1,306
Mabong 1,094
Suntaley 414
Kamling 1,247
Khanisherbung 1,089
Suldung 754
Aroobotey 787
Tinzerbong 1,037
Chota-Samdong 846

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