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Gom Population - South Sikkim, Sikkim

Gom is a medium size village located in Namchi Sub Division of South Sikkim district, Sikkim with total 234 families residing. The Gom village has population of 1163 of which 636 are males while 527 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gom village population of children with age 0-6 is 125 which makes up 10.75 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gom village is 829 which is lower than Sikkim state average of 890. Child Sex Ratio for the Gom as per census is 623, lower than Sikkim average of 957.

Gom village has lower literacy rate compared to Sikkim. In 2011, literacy rate of Gom village was 78.52 % compared to 81.42 % of Sikkim. In Gom Male literacy stands at 84.97 % while female literacy rate was 70.98 %.

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

Gom Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 234 - -
Population 1,163 636 527
Child (0-6) 125 77 48
Schedule Caste 80 46 34
Schedule Tribe 215 115 100
Literacy 78.52 % 84.97 % 70.98 %
Total Workers 607 382 225
Main Worker 343 - -
Marginal Worker 264 79 185

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 18.49 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 6.88 % of total population in Gom village.

Work Profile

In Gom village out of total population, 607 were engaged in work activities. 56.51 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 43.49 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 607 workers engaged in Main Work, 84 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 9 were Agricultural labourer.