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Lingtam Population - East Sikkim, Sikkim

Lingtam is a medium size village located in Rongli Sub Division of East Sikkim district, Sikkim with total 301 families residing. The Lingtam village has population of 1347 of which 696 are males while 651 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Lingtam village population of children with age 0-6 is 130 which makes up 9.65 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Lingtam village is 935 which is higher than Sikkim state average of 890. Child Sex Ratio for the Lingtam as per census is 912, lower than Sikkim average of 957.

Lingtam village has lower literacy rate compared to Sikkim. In 2011, literacy rate of Lingtam village was 74.45 % compared to 81.42 % of Sikkim. In Lingtam Male literacy stands at 82.17 % while female literacy rate was 66.21 %.

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

Lingtam Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 301 - -
Population 1,347 696 651
Child (0-6) 130 68 62
Schedule Caste 28 12 16
Schedule Tribe 856 445 411
Literacy 74.45 % 82.17 % 66.21 %
Total Workers 680 400 280
Main Worker 492 - -
Marginal Worker 188 90 98

Caste Factor

In Lingtam village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 63.55 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 2.08 % of total population in Lingtam village.

Work Profile

In Lingtam village out of total population, 680 were engaged in work activities. 72.35 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 27.65 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 680 workers engaged in Main Work, 242 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 22 were Agricultural labourer.