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Burikhop Population - West Sikkim, Sikkim

Burikhop is a medium size village located in Soreng Sub Division of West Sikkim district, Sikkim with total 282 families residing. The Burikhop village has population of 1337 of which 690 are males while 647 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Burikhop village population of children with age 0-6 is 104 which makes up 7.78 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Burikhop village is 938 which is higher than Sikkim state average of 890. Child Sex Ratio for the Burikhop as per census is 891, lower than Sikkim average of 957.

Burikhop village has lower literacy rate compared to Sikkim. In 2011, literacy rate of Burikhop village was 78.75 % compared to 81.42 % of Sikkim. In Burikhop Male literacy stands at 84.72 % while female literacy rate was 72.41 %.

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

Burikhop Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 282 - -
Population 1,337 690 647
Child (0-6) 104 55 49
Schedule Caste 5 3 2
Schedule Tribe 313 158 155
Literacy 78.75 % 84.72 % 72.41 %
Total Workers 693 413 280
Main Worker 545 - -
Marginal Worker 148 64 84

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 23.41 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 0.37 % of total population in Burikhop village.

Work Profile

In Burikhop village out of total population, 693 were engaged in work activities. 78.64 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 21.36 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 693 workers engaged in Main Work, 438 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 10 were Agricultural labourer.