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Begha Population - West Sikkim, Sikkim

Begha is a medium size village located in Gyalshing Sub Division of West Sikkim district, Sikkim with total 359 families residing. The Begha village has population of 1786 of which 894 are males while 892 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Begha village population of children with age 0-6 is 214 which makes up 11.98 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Begha village is 998 which is higher than Sikkim state average of 890. Child Sex Ratio for the Begha as per census is 1098, higher than Sikkim average of 957.

Begha village has lower literacy rate compared to Sikkim. In 2011, literacy rate of Begha village was 75.83 % compared to 81.42 % of Sikkim. In Begha Male literacy stands at 83.33 % while female literacy rate was 68.21 %.

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

Begha Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 359 - -
Population 1,786 894 892
Child (0-6) 214 102 112
Schedule Caste 17 8 9
Schedule Tribe 660 318 342
Literacy 75.83 % 83.33 % 68.21 %
Total Workers 1,063 553 510
Main Worker 476 - -
Marginal Worker 587 269 318

Caste Factor

In Begha village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 36.95 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 0.95 % of total population in Begha village.

Work Profile

In Begha village out of total population, 1063 were engaged in work activities. 44.78 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 55.22 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1063 workers engaged in Main Work, 327 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.