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Rishi Population - West Sikkim, Sikkim

Rishi is a medium size village located in Soreng Sub Division of West Sikkim district, Sikkim with total 117 families residing. The Rishi village has population of 659 of which 330 are males while 329 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Rishi village population of children with age 0-6 is 85 which makes up 12.90 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Rishi village is 997 which is higher than Sikkim state average of 890. Child Sex Ratio for the Rishi as per census is 1237, higher than Sikkim average of 957.

Rishi village has lower literacy rate compared to Sikkim. In 2011, literacy rate of Rishi village was 75.61 % compared to 81.42 % of Sikkim. In Rishi Male literacy stands at 85.27 % while female literacy rate was 65.60 %.

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

Rishi Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 117 - -
Population 659 330 329
Child (0-6) 85 38 47
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 490 246 244
Literacy 75.61 % 85.27 % 65.60 %
Total Workers 399 216 183
Main Worker 326 - -
Marginal Worker 73 23 50

Caste Factor

In Rishi village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 74.36 % of total population in Rishi village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Rishi village of West Sikkim.

Work Profile

In Rishi village out of total population, 399 were engaged in work activities. 81.70 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 18.30 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 399 workers engaged in Main Work, 314 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.