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Shoktsen Population - Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh

Shoktsen is a medium size village located in Zemithang Circle of Tawang district, Arunachal Pradesh with total 118 families residing. The Shoktsen village has population of 475 of which 229 are males while 246 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shoktsen village population of children with age 0-6 is 56 which makes up 11.79 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shoktsen village is 1074 which is higher than Arunachal Pradesh state average of 938. Child Sex Ratio for the Shoktsen as per census is 1074, higher than Arunachal Pradesh average of 972.

Shoktsen village has lower literacy rate compared to Arunachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Shoktsen village was 5.49 % compared to 65.38 % of Arunachal Pradesh. In Shoktsen Male literacy stands at 6.44 % while female literacy rate was 4.61 %.

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

Shoktsen Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 118 - -
Population 475 229 246
Child (0-6) 56 27 29
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 473 227 246
Literacy 5.49 % 6.44 % 4.61 %
Total Workers 262 127 135
Main Worker 107 - -
Marginal Worker 155 38 117

Caste Factor

In Shoktsen village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.58 % of total population in Shoktsen village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Shoktsen village of Tawang.

Work Profile

In Shoktsen village out of total population, 262 were engaged in work activities. 40.84 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 59.16 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 262 workers engaged in Main Work, 28 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.