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Nijarmeng Population - South Sikkim, Sikkim

Nijarmeng is a medium size village located in Namchi Sub Division of South Sikkim district, Sikkim with total 102 families residing. The Nijarmeng village has population of 498 of which 258 are males while 240 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nijarmeng village population of children with age 0-6 is 49 which makes up 9.84 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nijarmeng village is 930 which is higher than Sikkim state average of 890. Child Sex Ratio for the Nijarmeng as per census is 960, higher than Sikkim average of 957.

Nijarmeng village has higher literacy rate compared to Sikkim. In 2011, literacy rate of Nijarmeng village was 90.20 % compared to 81.42 % of Sikkim. In Nijarmeng Male literacy stands at 93.99 % while female literacy rate was 86.11 %.

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

Nijarmeng Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 102 - -
Population 498 258 240
Child (0-6) 49 25 24
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 86 43 43
Literacy 90.20 % 93.99 % 86.11 %
Total Workers 281 154 127
Main Worker 182 - -
Marginal Worker 99 49 50

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 17.27 % of total population in Nijarmeng village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Nijarmeng village of South Sikkim.

Work Profile

In Nijarmeng village out of total population, 281 were engaged in work activities. 64.77 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 35.23 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 281 workers engaged in Main Work, 164 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.