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

Sopakha is a village situated in Gyalshing sub-division of West District district in Sikkim. As per the Population Census 2011, there are total 136 families residing in the village Sopakha. The total population of Sopakha is 820 out of which 433 are males and 387 are females thus the Average Sex Ratio of Sopakha is 894.

The population of Children of age 0-6 years in Sopakha village is 102 which is 12% of the total population. There are 60 male children and 42 female children between the age 0-6 years. Thus as per the Census 2011 the Child Sex Ratio of Sopakha is 700 which is less than Average Sex Ratio (894) of Sopakha village.

Population
820
Families
136
Literacy
76.46%
Sex Ratio
894

As per the Census 2011, the literacy rate of Sopakha is 76.5%. Thus Sopakha village has higher literacy rate compared to 68.5% of West District district. The male literacy rate is 82.04% and the female literacy rate is 70.43% in Sopakha village.

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

Sopakha Data as per Census 2011

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

Total Male Female
Children 102 60 42
Literacy 76.46% 82.04% 70.43%
Scheduled Caste 0 0 0
Scheduled Tribe 365 183 182
Illiterate 271 127 144

Caste Data as per Census 2011

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 0% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 44.5% of total population in Sopakha village.

Working Population as per Census 2011

In Sopakha village out of total population, 543 were engaged in work activities. 99.3% of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.7% were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 543 workers engaged in Main Work, 334 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.

Total Male Female
Main Workers 539 291 248
Cultivators 334 160 174
Agriculture Labourer 2 0 2
Other Workers 203 131 72
Marginal Workers 4 2 2
Non Working 277 140 137

Nearby Villages to Sopakha,

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

Village Population
Karmatar 1,284
Maneybung 3,407
Gyaten 340
Begha 1,786
Liching 215
Mangmo 827
Srinagi 585
Dentam 749
Bangten 673
Sangkhu 1,963

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