Skip to main content Skip to docs navigation

Bum Population - West Sikkim, Sikkim

Bum is a medium size village located in Soreng Sub Division of West Sikkim district, Sikkim with total 132 families residing. The Bum village has population of 635 of which 323 are males while 312 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Bum village population of children with age 0-6 is 78 which makes up 12.28 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Bum village is 966 which is higher than Sikkim state average of 890. Child Sex Ratio for the Bum as per census is 1053, higher than Sikkim average of 957.

Bum village has lower literacy rate compared to Sikkim. In 2011, literacy rate of Bum village was 75.40 % compared to 81.42 % of Sikkim. In Bum Male literacy stands at 81.75 % while female literacy rate was 68.75 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Bum 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 Bum village.

Bum Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 132 - -
Population 635 323 312
Child (0-6) 78 38 40
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 28 15 13
Literacy 75.40 % 81.75 % 68.75 %
Total Workers 381 196 185
Main Worker 362 - -
Marginal Worker 19 12 7

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 4.41 % of total population in Bum village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Bum village of West Sikkim.

Work Profile

In Bum village out of total population, 381 were engaged in work activities. 95.01 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 4.99 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 381 workers engaged in Main Work, 326 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 13 were Agricultural labourer.