Zarung Population, Caste, Working Data South District, Sikkim - Census 2011

Zarung is a village situated in Ravong sub-division of South District district in Sikkim. As per the Population Census 2011, there are total 177 families residing in the village Zarung. The total population of Zarung is 874 out of which 468 are males and 406 are females thus the Average Sex Ratio of Zarung is 868.

The population of Children of age 0-6 years in Zarung village is 108 which is 12% of the total population. There are 59 male children and 49 female children between the age 0-6 years. Thus as per the Census 2011 the Child Sex Ratio of Zarung is 831 which is less than Average Sex Ratio (868) of Zarung village.

Population
874
Families
177
Literacy
66.45%
Sex Ratio
868

As per the Census 2011, the literacy rate of Zarung is 66.4%. Thus Zarung village has lower literacy rate compared to 72.7% of South District district. The male literacy rate is 71.15% and the female literacy rate is 61.06% in Zarung village.

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

Zarung Data as per Census 2011

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

Total Male Female
Children 108 59 49
Literacy 66.45% 71.15% 61.06%
Scheduled Caste 64 28 36
Scheduled Tribe 68 35 33
Illiterate 365 177 188

Caste Data as per Census 2011

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 7.3% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 7.8% of total population in Zarung village.

Working Population as per Census 2011

In Zarung village out of total population, 496 were engaged in work activities. 80.6% of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 19.4% were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 496 workers engaged in Main Work, 369 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 3 were Agricultural labourer.

Total Male Female
Main Workers 400 264 136
Cultivators 369 243 126
Agriculture Labourer 3 2 1
Other Workers 28 19 9
Marginal Workers 96 51 45
Non Working 378 153 225

Nearby Villages to Zarung,

Below are the list of villages near Zarung village in Ravong.

Village Population
Deythang 1,051
Barfung 3,910
Ralong Monastery 300
Bakkhim 925
Ralong 680
Kewzing 448
Lingdong 506
Dalep 682
Namlung 947
Lingzo 776

Reference