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Suntaley Population - South Sikkim, Sikkim

Suntaley is a medium size village located in Namchi Sub Division of South Sikkim district, Sikkim with total 94 families residing. The Suntaley village has population of 410 of which 212 are males while 198 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Suntaley village population of children with age 0-6 is 38 which makes up 9.27 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Suntaley village is 934 which is higher than Sikkim state average of 890. Child Sex Ratio for the Suntaley as per census is 900, lower than Sikkim average of 957.

Suntaley village has higher literacy rate compared to Sikkim. In 2011, literacy rate of Suntaley village was 82.53 % compared to 81.42 % of Sikkim. In Suntaley Male literacy stands at 87.50 % while female literacy rate was 77.22 %.

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

Suntaley Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 94 - -
Population 410 212 198
Child (0-6) 38 20 18
Schedule Caste 8 4 4
Schedule Tribe 65 29 36
Literacy 82.53 % 87.50 % 77.22 %
Total Workers 322 165 157
Main Worker 185 - -
Marginal Worker 137 53 84

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 15.85 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 1.95 % of total population in Suntaley village.

Work Profile

In Suntaley village out of total population, 322 were engaged in work activities. 57.45 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 42.55 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 322 workers engaged in Main Work, 101 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 7 were Agricultural labourer.