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Turuk Population - South Sikkim, Sikkim

Turuk is a medium size village located in Namchi Sub Division of South Sikkim district, Sikkim with total 226 families residing. The Turuk village has population of 1050 of which 540 are males while 510 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Turuk village population of children with age 0-6 is 66 which makes up 6.29 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Turuk village is 944 which is higher than Sikkim state average of 890. Child Sex Ratio for the Turuk as per census is 833, lower than Sikkim average of 957.

Turuk village has higher literacy rate compared to Sikkim. In 2011, literacy rate of Turuk village was 83.03 % compared to 81.42 % of Sikkim. In Turuk Male literacy stands at 88.10 % while female literacy rate was 77.71 %.

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

Turuk Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 226 - -
Population 1,050 540 510
Child (0-6) 66 36 30
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 142 76 66
Literacy 83.03 % 88.10 % 77.71 %
Total Workers 425 299 126
Main Worker 393 - -
Marginal Worker 32 23 9

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 13.52 % of total population in Turuk village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Turuk village of South Sikkim.

Work Profile

In Turuk village out of total population, 425 were engaged in work activities. 92.47 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 7.53 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 425 workers engaged in Main Work, 230 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.