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Sukna Population - Darjiling, West Bengal

Sukna is a medium size village located in Kurseong Block of Darjiling district, West Bengal with total 214 families residing. The Sukna village has population of 1011 of which 480 are males while 531 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sukna village population of children with age 0-6 is 95 which makes up 9.40 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sukna village is 1106 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Sukna as per census is 1317, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Sukna village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Sukna village was 90.61 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Sukna Male literacy stands at 93.85 % while female literacy rate was 87.63 %.

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

Sukna Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 214 - -
Population 1,011 480 531
Child (0-6) 95 41 54
Schedule Caste 116 56 60
Schedule Tribe 187 83 104
Literacy 90.61 % 93.85 % 87.63 %
Total Workers 266 205 61
Main Worker 199 - -
Marginal Worker 67 43 24

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 18.50 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 11.47 % of total population in Sukna village.

Work Profile

In Sukna village out of total population, 266 were engaged in work activities. 74.81 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 25.19 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 266 workers engaged in Main Work, 4 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.