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Lingzey Population - East Sikkim, Sikkim

Lingzey is a large village located in Gangtok Sub Division of East Sikkim district, Sikkim with total 430 families residing. The Lingzey village has population of 2055 of which 1065 are males while 990 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Lingzey village population of children with age 0-6 is 218 which makes up 10.61 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Lingzey village is 930 which is higher than Sikkim state average of 890. Child Sex Ratio for the Lingzey as per census is 964, higher than Sikkim average of 957.

Lingzey village has lower literacy rate compared to Sikkim. In 2011, literacy rate of Lingzey village was 80.24 % compared to 81.42 % of Sikkim. In Lingzey Male literacy stands at 83.86 % while female literacy rate was 76.33 %.

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

Lingzey Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 430 - -
Population 2,055 1,065 990
Child (0-6) 218 111 107
Schedule Caste 191 100 91
Schedule Tribe 626 341 285
Literacy 80.24 % 83.86 % 76.33 %
Total Workers 1,278 691 587
Main Worker 784 - -
Marginal Worker 494 215 279

Caste Factor

Lingzey village of East Sikkim has substantial population of Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 30.46 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 9.29 % of total population in Lingzey village.

Work Profile

In Lingzey village out of total population, 1278 were engaged in work activities. 61.35 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 38.65 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1278 workers engaged in Main Work, 364 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 38 were Agricultural labourer.