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Lingthem Population - North Sikkim, Sikkim

Lingthem is a medium size village located in Mangan Sub Division of North Sikkim district, Sikkim with total 238 families residing. The Lingthem village has population of 1226 of which 620 are males while 606 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Lingthem village population of children with age 0-6 is 127 which makes up 10.36 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Lingthem village is 977 which is higher than Sikkim state average of 890. Child Sex Ratio for the Lingthem as per census is 868, lower than Sikkim average of 957.

Lingthem village has lower literacy rate compared to Sikkim. In 2011, literacy rate of Lingthem village was 80.71 % compared to 81.42 % of Sikkim. In Lingthem Male literacy stands at 82.61 % while female literacy rate was 78.79 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Lingthem village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Lingthem village.

Lingthem Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 238 - -
Population 1,226 620 606
Child (0-6) 127 68 59
Schedule Caste 5 3 2
Schedule Tribe 1,088 539 549
Literacy 80.71 % 82.61 % 78.79 %
Total Workers 730 372 358
Main Worker 308 - -
Marginal Worker 422 206 216

Caste Factor

In Lingthem village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 88.74 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 0.41 % of total population in Lingthem village.

Work Profile

In Lingthem village out of total population, 730 were engaged in work activities. 42.19 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 57.81 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 730 workers engaged in Main Work, 144 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 6 were Agricultural labourer.