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Okhery Population - West Sikkim, Sikkim

Okhery is a medium size village located in Soreng Sub Division of West Sikkim district, Sikkim with total 366 families residing. The Okhery village has population of 1683 of which 821 are males while 862 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Okhery village population of children with age 0-6 is 171 which makes up 10.16 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Okhery village is 1050 which is higher than Sikkim state average of 890. Child Sex Ratio for the Okhery as per census is 966, higher than Sikkim average of 957.

Okhery village has lower literacy rate compared to Sikkim. In 2011, literacy rate of Okhery village was 80.42 % compared to 81.42 % of Sikkim. In Okhery Male literacy stands at 87.47 % while female literacy rate was 73.78 %.

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

Okhery Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 366 - -
Population 1,683 821 862
Child (0-6) 171 87 84
Schedule Caste 70 36 34
Schedule Tribe 1,445 699 746
Literacy 80.42 % 87.47 % 73.78 %
Total Workers 717 444 273
Main Worker 415 - -
Marginal Worker 302 131 171

Caste Factor

In Okhery village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 85.86 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 4.16 % of total population in Okhery village.

Work Profile

In Okhery village out of total population, 717 were engaged in work activities. 57.88 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 42.12 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 717 workers engaged in Main Work, 286 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 23 were Agricultural labourer.