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Samsing Population - West Sikkim, Sikkim

Samsing is a medium size village located in Soreng Sub Division of West Sikkim district, Sikkim with total 353 families residing. The Samsing village has population of 1802 of which 983 are males while 819 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Samsing village population of children with age 0-6 is 221 which makes up 12.26 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Samsing village is 833 which is lower than Sikkim state average of 890. Child Sex Ratio for the Samsing as per census is 956, lower than Sikkim average of 957.

Samsing village has lower literacy rate compared to Sikkim. In 2011, literacy rate of Samsing village was 72.68 % compared to 81.42 % of Sikkim. In Samsing Male literacy stands at 79.54 % while female literacy rate was 64.28 %.

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

Samsing Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 353 - -
Population 1,802 983 819
Child (0-6) 221 113 108
Schedule Caste 128 70 58
Schedule Tribe 270 149 121
Literacy 72.68 % 79.54 % 64.28 %
Total Workers 687 511 176
Main Worker 574 - -
Marginal Worker 113 49 64

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 14.98 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 7.10 % of total population in Samsing village.

Work Profile

In Samsing village out of total population, 687 were engaged in work activities. 83.55 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 16.45 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 687 workers engaged in Main Work, 277 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.