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Parrengaon Population - West Sikkim, Sikkim

Parrengaon is a medium size village located in Soreng Sub Division of West Sikkim district, Sikkim with total 277 families residing. The Parrengaon village has population of 1301 of which 674 are males while 627 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Parrengaon village population of children with age 0-6 is 154 which makes up 11.84 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Parrengaon village is 930 which is higher than Sikkim state average of 890. Child Sex Ratio for the Parrengaon as per census is 855, lower than Sikkim average of 957.

Parrengaon village has lower literacy rate compared to Sikkim. In 2011, literacy rate of Parrengaon village was 65.82 % compared to 81.42 % of Sikkim. In Parrengaon Male literacy stands at 72.76 % while female literacy rate was 58.45 %.

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

Parrengaon Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 277 - -
Population 1,301 674 627
Child (0-6) 154 83 71
Schedule Caste 6 3 3
Schedule Tribe 521 274 247
Literacy 65.82 % 72.76 % 58.45 %
Total Workers 907 478 429
Main Worker 607 - -
Marginal Worker 300 140 160

Caste Factor

In Parrengaon village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 40.05 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 0.46 % of total population in Parrengaon village.

Work Profile

In Parrengaon village out of total population, 907 were engaged in work activities. 66.92 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 33.08 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 907 workers engaged in Main Work, 517 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 12 were Agricultural labourer.