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Aritar Population - East Sikkim, Sikkim

Aritar is a medium size village located in Gangtok Sub Division of East Sikkim district, Sikkim with total 99 families residing. The Aritar village has population of 556 of which 290 are males while 266 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Aritar village population of children with age 0-6 is 45 which makes up 8.09 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Aritar village is 917 which is higher than Sikkim state average of 890. Child Sex Ratio for the Aritar as per census is 957, equal than Sikkim average of 957.

Aritar village has higher literacy rate compared to Sikkim. In 2011, literacy rate of Aritar village was 82.58 % compared to 81.42 % of Sikkim. In Aritar Male literacy stands at 88.01 % while female literacy rate was 76.64 %.

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

Aritar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 99 - -
Population 556 290 266
Child (0-6) 45 23 22
Schedule Caste 26 11 15
Schedule Tribe 69 32 37
Literacy 82.58 % 88.01 % 76.64 %
Total Workers 346 179 167
Main Worker 326 - -
Marginal Worker 20 10 10

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 12.41 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 4.68 % of total population in Aritar village.

Work Profile

In Aritar village out of total population, 346 were engaged in work activities. 94.22 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 5.78 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 346 workers engaged in Main Work, 242 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.