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Karek Population - South Sikkim, Sikkim

Karek is a medium size village located in Namchi Sub Division of South Sikkim district, Sikkim with total 226 families residing. The Karek village has population of 1177 of which 628 are males while 549 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Karek village population of children with age 0-6 is 144 which makes up 12.23 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Karek village is 874 which is lower than Sikkim state average of 890. Child Sex Ratio for the Karek as per census is 823, lower than Sikkim average of 957.

Karek village has lower literacy rate compared to Sikkim. In 2011, literacy rate of Karek village was 77.44 % compared to 81.42 % of Sikkim. In Karek Male literacy stands at 86.16 % while female literacy rate was 67.56 %.

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

Karek Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 226 - -
Population 1,177 628 549
Child (0-6) 144 79 65
Schedule Caste 21 10 11
Schedule Tribe 142 74 68
Literacy 77.44 % 86.16 % 67.56 %
Total Workers 619 383 236
Main Worker 282 - -
Marginal Worker 337 138 199

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 12.06 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 1.78 % of total population in Karek village.

Work Profile

In Karek village out of total population, 619 were engaged in work activities. 45.56 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 54.44 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 619 workers engaged in Main Work, 195 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 5 were Agricultural labourer.