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

Sangkhu is a village situated in Gyalshing sub-division of West District district in Sikkim. As per the Population Census 2011, there are total 415 families residing in the village Sangkhu. The total population of Sangkhu is 1,963 out of which 1,025 are males and 938 are females thus the Average Sex Ratio of Sangkhu is 915.

The population of Children of age 0-6 years in Sangkhu village is 225 which is 11% of the total population. There are 129 male children and 96 female children between the age 0-6 years. Thus as per the Census 2011 the Child Sex Ratio of Sangkhu is 744 which is less than Average Sex Ratio (915) of Sangkhu village.

Population
1,963
Families
415
Literacy
75.83%
Sex Ratio
915

As per the Census 2011, the literacy rate of Sangkhu is 75.8%. Thus Sangkhu village has higher literacy rate compared to 68.5% of West District district. The male literacy rate is 82.14% and the female literacy rate is 69.12% in Sangkhu village.

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

Sangkhu Data as per Census 2011

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

Total Male Female
Children 225 129 96
Literacy 75.83% 82.14% 69.12%
Scheduled Caste 80 43 37
Scheduled Tribe 833 446 387
Illiterate 645 289 356

Caste Data as per Census 2011

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 4.1% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 42.4% of total population in Sangkhu village.

Working Population as per Census 2011

In Sangkhu village out of total population, 1,096 were engaged in work activities. 86.4% of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 13.6% were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1,096 workers engaged in Main Work, 695 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 13 were Agricultural labourer.

Total Male Female
Main Workers 947 516 431
Cultivators 695 342 353
Agriculture Labourer 13 5 8
Household Industries 2 0 2
Other Workers 237 169 68
Marginal Workers 149 71 78
Non Working 867 438 429

Nearby Villages to Sangkhu,

Below are the list of villages near Sangkhu village in Gyalshing.

Village Population
Dentam 749
Radukhandu 1,833
Mangmo 827
Hee 2,514
Begha 1,786
Hee-Patal 505
Maneybung 3,407
Pecherek 804
Sopakha 820
Martam 1,963

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