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Yangten Population - West Sikkim, Sikkim

Yangten is a medium size village located in Gyalshing Sub Division of West Sikkim district, Sikkim with total 237 families residing. The Yangten village has population of 1117 of which 585 are males while 532 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Yangten village population of children with age 0-6 is 129 which makes up 11.55 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Yangten village is 909 which is higher than Sikkim state average of 890. Child Sex Ratio for the Yangten as per census is 843, lower than Sikkim average of 957.

Yangten village has lower literacy rate compared to Sikkim. In 2011, literacy rate of Yangten village was 76.01 % compared to 81.42 % of Sikkim. In Yangten Male literacy stands at 82.52 % while female literacy rate was 68.92 %.

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

Yangten Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 237 - -
Population 1,117 585 532
Child (0-6) 129 70 59
Schedule Caste 40 23 17
Schedule Tribe 419 225 194
Literacy 76.01 % 82.52 % 68.92 %
Total Workers 562 323 239
Main Worker 456 - -
Marginal Worker 106 16 90

Caste Factor

In Yangten village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 37.51 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 3.58 % of total population in Yangten village.

Work Profile

In Yangten village out of total population, 562 were engaged in work activities. 81.14 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 18.86 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 562 workers engaged in Main Work, 332 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 37 were Agricultural labourer.