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Sopakha Population - West Sikkim, Sikkim

Sopakha is a medium size village located in Gyalshing Sub Division of West Sikkim district, Sikkim with total 136 families residing. The Sopakha village has population of 820 of which 433 are males while 387 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sopakha village population of children with age 0-6 is 102 which makes up 12.44 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sopakha village is 894 which is higher than Sikkim state average of 890. Child Sex Ratio for the Sopakha as per census is 700, lower than Sikkim average of 957.

Sopakha village has lower literacy rate compared to Sikkim. In 2011, literacy rate of Sopakha village was 76.46 % compared to 81.42 % of Sikkim. In Sopakha Male literacy stands at 82.04 % while female literacy rate was 70.43 %.

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

Sopakha Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 136 - -
Population 820 433 387
Child (0-6) 102 60 42
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 365 183 182
Literacy 76.46 % 82.04 % 70.43 %
Total Workers 543 293 250
Main Worker 539 - -
Marginal Worker 4 2 2

Caste Factor

In Sopakha village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 44.51 % of total population in Sopakha village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Sopakha village of West Sikkim.

Work Profile

In Sopakha village out of total population, 543 were engaged in work activities. 99.26 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.74 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 543 workers engaged in Main Work, 334 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.