Phodong Population - North Sikkim, Sikkim

Phodong is a medium size village located in Mangan Sub Division of North Sikkim district, Sikkim with total 142 families residing. The Phodong village has population of 821 of which 416 are males while 405 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Phodong village population of children with age 0-6 is 58 which makes up 7.06 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Phodong village is 974 which is higher than Sikkim state average of 890. Child Sex Ratio for the Phodong as per census is 758, lower than Sikkim average of 957.

Phodong village has higher literacy rate compared to Sikkim. In 2011, literacy rate of Phodong village was 86.50 % compared to 81.42 % of Sikkim. In Phodong Male literacy stands at 88.51 % while female literacy rate was 84.47 %.

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

Phodong Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	142	-	-
Population	821	416	405
Child (0-6)	58	33	25
Schedule Caste	27	16	11
Schedule Tribe	587	285	302
Literacy	86.50 %	88.51 %	84.47 %
Total Workers	215	155	60
Main Worker	121	-	-
Marginal Worker	94	65	29

Caste Factor

In Phodong village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 71.50 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 3.29 % of total population in Phodong village.

Work Profile

In Phodong village out of total population, 215 were engaged in work activities. 56.28 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 43.72 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 215 workers engaged in Main Work, 1 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.