Island Population - Chandel, Manipur

Island is a medium size village located in Tengnoupal Sub Division of Chandel district, Manipur with total 80 families residing. The Island village has population of 256 of which 143 are males while 113 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Island village population of children with age 0-6 is 7 which makes up 2.73 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Island village is 790 which is lower than Manipur state average of 985. Child Sex Ratio for the Island as per census is 400, lower than Manipur average of 930.

Island village has higher literacy rate compared to Manipur. In 2011, literacy rate of Island village was 79.92 % compared to 76.94 % of Manipur. In Island Male literacy stands at 82.61 % while female literacy rate was 76.58 %.

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

Island Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	80	-	-
Population	256	143	113
Child (0-6)	7	5	2
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	251	139	112
Literacy	79.92 %	82.61 %	76.58 %
Total Workers	166	90	76
Main Worker	119	-	-
Marginal Worker	47	24	23

Caste Factor

In Island village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.05 % of total population in Island village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Island village of Chandel.

Work Profile

In Island village out of total population, 166 were engaged in work activities. 71.69 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 28.31 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 166 workers engaged in Main Work, 94 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.