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Chemchey Population - South Sikkim, Sikkim

Chemchey is a medium size village located in Namchi Sub Division of South Sikkim district, Sikkim with total 74 families residing. The Chemchey village has population of 393 of which 209 are males while 184 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chemchey village population of children with age 0-6 is 38 which makes up 9.67 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chemchey village is 880 which is lower than Sikkim state average of 890. Child Sex Ratio for the Chemchey as per census is 1111, higher than Sikkim average of 957.

Chemchey village has higher literacy rate compared to Sikkim. In 2011, literacy rate of Chemchey village was 89.86 % compared to 81.42 % of Sikkim. In Chemchey Male literacy stands at 94.76 % while female literacy rate was 84.15 %.

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

Chemchey Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 74 - -
Population 393 209 184
Child (0-6) 38 18 20
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 26 15 11
Literacy 89.86 % 94.76 % 84.15 %
Total Workers 321 165 156
Main Worker 243 - -
Marginal Worker 78 30 48

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 6.62 % of total population in Chemchey village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Chemchey village of South Sikkim.

Work Profile

In Chemchey village out of total population, 321 were engaged in work activities. 75.70 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 24.30 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 321 workers engaged in Main Work, 230 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.