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Yuksam Population - West Sikkim, Sikkim

Yuksam is a medium size village located in Gyalshing Sub Division of West Sikkim district, Sikkim with total 374 families residing. The Yuksam village has population of 1855 of which 999 are males while 856 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Yuksam village population of children with age 0-6 is 220 which makes up 11.86 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Yuksam village is 857 which is lower than Sikkim state average of 890. Child Sex Ratio for the Yuksam as per census is 760, lower than Sikkim average of 957.

Yuksam village has lower literacy rate compared to Sikkim. In 2011, literacy rate of Yuksam village was 77.74 % compared to 81.42 % of Sikkim. In Yuksam Male literacy stands at 83.75 % while female literacy rate was 70.83 %.

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

Yuksam Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 374 - -
Population 1,855 999 856
Child (0-6) 220 125 95
Schedule Caste 60 37 23
Schedule Tribe 1,467 774 693
Literacy 77.74 % 83.75 % 70.83 %
Total Workers 954 533 421
Main Worker 770 - -
Marginal Worker 184 79 105

Caste Factor

In Yuksam village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 79.08 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 3.23 % of total population in Yuksam village.

Work Profile

In Yuksam village out of total population, 954 were engaged in work activities. 80.71 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 19.29 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 954 workers engaged in Main Work, 437 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 28 were Agricultural labourer.