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Lingdum Population - East Sikkim, Sikkim

Lingdum is a large village located in Gangtok Sub Division of East Sikkim district, Sikkim with total 423 families residing. The Lingdum village has population of 2589 of which 1634 are males while 955 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Lingdum village population of children with age 0-6 is 230 which makes up 8.88 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Lingdum village is 584 which is lower than Sikkim state average of 890. Child Sex Ratio for the Lingdum as per census is 917, lower than Sikkim average of 957.

Lingdum village has higher literacy rate compared to Sikkim. In 2011, literacy rate of Lingdum village was 88.09 % compared to 81.42 % of Sikkim. In Lingdum Male literacy stands at 93.92 % while female literacy rate was 77.63 %.

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

Lingdum Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 423 - -
Population 2,589 1,634 955
Child (0-6) 230 120 110
Schedule Caste 189 102 87
Schedule Tribe 643 396 247
Literacy 88.09 % 93.92 % 77.63 %
Total Workers 1,411 969 442
Main Worker 1,167 - -
Marginal Worker 244 50 194

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 24.84 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 7.30 % of total population in Lingdum village.

Work Profile

In Lingdum village out of total population, 1411 were engaged in work activities. 82.71 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 17.29 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1411 workers engaged in Main Work, 377 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 61 were Agricultural labourer.