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Sumen Population - East Sikkim, Sikkim

Sumen is a medium size village located in Gangtok Sub Division of East Sikkim district, Sikkim with total 244 families residing. The Sumen village has population of 1305 of which 680 are males while 625 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sumen village population of children with age 0-6 is 153 which makes up 11.72 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sumen village is 919 which is higher than Sikkim state average of 890. Child Sex Ratio for the Sumen as per census is 800, lower than Sikkim average of 957.

Sumen village has lower literacy rate compared to Sikkim. In 2011, literacy rate of Sumen village was 56.42 % compared to 81.42 % of Sikkim. In Sumen Male literacy stands at 61.01 % while female literacy rate was 51.53 %.

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

Sumen Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 244 - -
Population 1,305 680 625
Child (0-6) 153 85 68
Schedule Caste 29 15 14
Schedule Tribe 684 356 328
Literacy 56.42 % 61.01 % 51.53 %
Total Workers 600 364 236
Main Worker 199 - -
Marginal Worker 401 194 207

Caste Factor

In Sumen village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 52.41 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 2.22 % of total population in Sumen village.

Work Profile

In Sumen village out of total population, 600 were engaged in work activities. 33.17 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 66.83 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 600 workers engaged in Main Work, 85 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 31 were Agricultural labourer.