Deythang Population - West Sikkim, Sikkim

Deythang is a medium size village located in Soreng Sub Division of West Sikkim district, Sikkim with total 274 families residing. The Deythang village has population of 1283 of which 648 are males while 635 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Deythang village population of children with age 0-6 is 145 which makes up 11.30 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Deythang village is 980 which is higher than Sikkim state average of 890. Child Sex Ratio for the Deythang as per census is 835, lower than Sikkim average of 957.

Deythang village has lower literacy rate compared to Sikkim. In 2011, literacy rate of Deythang village was 72.23 % compared to 81.42 % of Sikkim. In Deythang Male literacy stands at 78.21 % while female literacy rate was 66.26 %.

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

Deythang Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	274	-	-
Population	1,283	648	635
Child (0-6)	145	79	66
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	612	314	298
Literacy	72.23 %	78.21 %	66.26 %
Total Workers	798	402	396
Main Worker	263	-	-
Marginal Worker	535	191	344

Caste Factor

In Deythang village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 47.70 % of total population in Deythang village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Deythang village of West Sikkim.

Work Profile

In Deythang village out of total population, 798 were engaged in work activities. 32.96 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 67.04 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 798 workers engaged in Main Work, 130 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 43 were Agricultural labourer.