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Sherwani Population - East Sikkim, Sikkim

Sherwani is a medium size village located in Gangtok Sub Division of East Sikkim district, Sikkim with total 304 families residing. The Sherwani village has population of 1489 of which 792 are males while 697 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sherwani village population of children with age 0-6 is 185 which makes up 12.42 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sherwani village is 880 which is lower than Sikkim state average of 890. Child Sex Ratio for the Sherwani as per census is 1176, higher than Sikkim average of 957.

Sherwani village has higher literacy rate compared to Sikkim. In 2011, literacy rate of Sherwani village was 82.52 % compared to 81.42 % of Sikkim. In Sherwani Male literacy stands at 90.95 % while female literacy rate was 72.53 %.

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

Sherwani Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 304 - -
Population 1,489 792 697
Child (0-6) 185 85 100
Schedule Caste 343 169 174
Schedule Tribe 364 197 167
Literacy 82.52 % 90.95 % 72.53 %
Total Workers 655 437 218
Main Worker 269 - -
Marginal Worker 386 199 187

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 24.45 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 23.04 % of total population in Sherwani village.

Work Profile

In Sherwani village out of total population, 655 were engaged in work activities. 41.07 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 58.93 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 655 workers engaged in Main Work, 3 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 6 were Agricultural labourer.