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Bangten Population - West Sikkim, Sikkim

Bangten is a medium size village located in Gyalshing Sub Division of West Sikkim district, Sikkim with total 132 families residing. The Bangten village has population of 673 of which 338 are males while 335 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Bangten village population of children with age 0-6 is 90 which makes up 13.37 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Bangten village is 991 which is higher than Sikkim state average of 890. Child Sex Ratio for the Bangten as per census is 607, lower than Sikkim average of 957.

Bangten village has lower literacy rate compared to Sikkim. In 2011, literacy rate of Bangten village was 71.01 % compared to 81.42 % of Sikkim. In Bangten Male literacy stands at 79.08 % while female literacy rate was 63.46 %.

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

Bangten Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 132 - -
Population 673 338 335
Child (0-6) 90 56 34
Schedule Caste 64 36 28
Schedule Tribe 163 80 83
Literacy 71.01 % 79.08 % 63.46 %
Total Workers 590 287 303
Main Worker 530 - -
Marginal Worker 60 30 30

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 24.22 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 9.51 % of total population in Bangten village.

Work Profile

In Bangten village out of total population, 590 were engaged in work activities. 89.83 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 10.17 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 590 workers engaged in Main Work, 402 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 3 were Agricultural labourer.