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Suntaley Population - South Sikkim, Sikkim

Suntaley is a medium size village located in Namchi Sub Division of South Sikkim district, Sikkim with total 239 families residing. The Suntaley village has population of 1125 of which 576 are males while 549 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Suntaley village population of children with age 0-6 is 134 which makes up 11.91 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Suntaley village is 953 which is higher than Sikkim state average of 890. Child Sex Ratio for the Suntaley as per census is 1127, higher than Sikkim average of 957.

Suntaley village has lower literacy rate compared to Sikkim. In 2011, literacy rate of Suntaley village was 74.67 % compared to 81.42 % of Sikkim. In Suntaley Male literacy stands at 82.46 % while female literacy rate was 66.32 %.

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

Suntaley Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 239 - -
Population 1,125 576 549
Child (0-6) 134 63 71
Schedule Caste 102 58 44
Schedule Tribe 165 93 72
Literacy 74.67 % 82.46 % 66.32 %
Total Workers 649 328 321
Main Worker 483 - -
Marginal Worker 166 51 115

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 14.67 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 9.07 % of total population in Suntaley village.

Work Profile

In Suntaley village out of total population, 649 were engaged in work activities. 74.42 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 25.58 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 649 workers engaged in Main Work, 409 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 4 were Agricultural labourer.