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Sankiton Population - Wokha, Nagaland

Sankiton is a medium size village located in Wozhuro Circle of Wokha district, Nagaland with total 211 families residing. The Sankiton village has population of 1141 of which 547 are males while 594 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sankiton village population of children with age 0-6 is 179 which makes up 15.69 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sankiton village is 1086 which is higher than Nagaland state average of 931. Child Sex Ratio for the Sankiton as per census is 845, lower than Nagaland average of 943.

Sankiton village has lower literacy rate compared to Nagaland. In 2011, literacy rate of Sankiton village was 78.90 % compared to 79.55 % of Nagaland. In Sankiton Male literacy stands at 81.78 % while female literacy rate was 76.37 %.

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

Sankiton Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 211 - -
Population 1,141 547 594
Child (0-6) 179 97 82
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 1,128 544 584
Literacy 78.90 % 81.78 % 76.37 %
Total Workers 515 227 288
Main Worker 457 - -
Marginal Worker 58 19 39

Caste Factor

In Sankiton village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.86 % of total population in Sankiton village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Sankiton village of Wokha.

Work Profile

In Sankiton village out of total population, 515 were engaged in work activities. 88.74 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 11.26 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 515 workers engaged in Main Work, 447 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.