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Tikjya Population - West Sikkim, Sikkim

Tikjya is a medium size village located in Gyalshing Sub Division of West Sikkim district, Sikkim with total 223 families residing. The Tikjya village has population of 1090 of which 557 are males while 533 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Tikjya village population of children with age 0-6 is 130 which makes up 11.93 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Tikjya village is 957 which is higher than Sikkim state average of 890. Child Sex Ratio for the Tikjya as per census is 757, lower than Sikkim average of 957.

Tikjya village has lower literacy rate compared to Sikkim. In 2011, literacy rate of Tikjya village was 75.00 % compared to 81.42 % of Sikkim. In Tikjya Male literacy stands at 84.06 % while female literacy rate was 65.83 %.

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

Tikjya Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 223 - -
Population 1,090 557 533
Child (0-6) 130 74 56
Schedule Caste 19 9 10
Schedule Tribe 739 378 361
Literacy 75.00 % 84.06 % 65.83 %
Total Workers 463 300 163
Main Worker 406 - -
Marginal Worker 57 33 24

Caste Factor

In Tikjya village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 67.80 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 1.74 % of total population in Tikjya village.

Work Profile

In Tikjya village out of total population, 463 were engaged in work activities. 87.69 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 12.31 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 463 workers engaged in Main Work, 220 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 28 were Agricultural labourer.