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Nambu Population - West Sikkim, Sikkim

Nambu is a medium size village located in Gyalshing Sub Division of West Sikkim district, Sikkim with total 204 families residing. The Nambu village has population of 1156 of which 652 are males while 504 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nambu village population of children with age 0-6 is 119 which makes up 10.29 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nambu village is 773 which is lower than Sikkim state average of 890. Child Sex Ratio for the Nambu as per census is 1164, higher than Sikkim average of 957.

Nambu village has higher literacy rate compared to Sikkim. In 2011, literacy rate of Nambu village was 81.68 % compared to 81.42 % of Sikkim. In Nambu Male literacy stands at 89.61 % while female literacy rate was 70.91 %.

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

Nambu Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 204 - -
Population 1,156 652 504
Child (0-6) 119 55 64
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 881 437 444
Literacy 81.68 % 89.61 % 70.91 %
Total Workers 742 459 283
Main Worker 501 - -
Marginal Worker 241 85 156

Caste Factor

In Nambu village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 76.21 % of total population in Nambu village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Nambu village of West Sikkim.

Work Profile

In Nambu village out of total population, 742 were engaged in work activities. 67.52 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 32.48 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 742 workers engaged in Main Work, 230 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 27 were Agricultural labourer.