Tirkutam Population - East Sikkim, Sikkim

Tirkutam is a medium size village located in Gangtok Sub Division of East Sikkim district, Sikkim with total 62 families residing. The Tirkutam village has population of 327 of which 173 are males while 154 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Tirkutam village population of children with age 0-6 is 34 which makes up 10.40 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Tirkutam village is 890 which is equal than Sikkim state average of 890. Child Sex Ratio for the Tirkutam as per census is 700, lower than Sikkim average of 957.

Tirkutam village has lower literacy rate compared to Sikkim. In 2011, literacy rate of Tirkutam village was 76.45 % compared to 81.42 % of Sikkim. In Tirkutam Male literacy stands at 84.97 % while female literacy rate was 67.14 %.

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

Tirkutam Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	62	-	-
Population	327	173	154
Child (0-6)	34	20	14
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	222	115	107
Literacy	76.45 %	84.97 %	67.14 %
Total Workers	163	97	66
Main Worker	89	-	-
Marginal Worker	74	19	55

Caste Factor

In Tirkutam village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 67.89 % of total population in Tirkutam village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Tirkutam village of East Sikkim.

Work Profile

In Tirkutam village out of total population, 163 were engaged in work activities. 54.60 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 45.40 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 163 workers engaged in Main Work, 19 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 37 were Agricultural labourer.