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Assam Population - East Sikkim, Sikkim

Assam is a medium size village located in Gangtok Sub Division of East Sikkim district, Sikkim with total 379 families residing. The Assam village has population of 1686 of which 874 are males while 812 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Assam village population of children with age 0-6 is 139 which makes up 8.24 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Assam village is 929 which is higher than Sikkim state average of 890. Child Sex Ratio for the Assam as per census is 782, lower than Sikkim average of 957.

Assam village has lower literacy rate compared to Sikkim. In 2011, literacy rate of Assam village was 76.79 % compared to 81.42 % of Sikkim. In Assam Male literacy stands at 80.78 % while female literacy rate was 72.57 %.

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

Assam Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 379 - -
Population 1,686 874 812
Child (0-6) 139 78 61
Schedule Caste 6 5 1
Schedule Tribe 415 223 192
Literacy 76.79 % 80.78 % 72.57 %
Total Workers 912 504 408
Main Worker 693 - -
Marginal Worker 219 65 154

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 24.61 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 0.36 % of total population in Assam village.

Work Profile

In Assam village out of total population, 912 were engaged in work activities. 75.99 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 24.01 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 912 workers engaged in Main Work, 266 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 69 were Agricultural labourer.