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Poklok Population - South Sikkim, Sikkim

Poklok is a medium size village located in Namchi Sub Division of South Sikkim district, Sikkim with total 363 families residing. The Poklok village has population of 1768 of which 887 are males while 881 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Poklok village population of children with age 0-6 is 195 which makes up 11.03 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Poklok village is 993 which is higher than Sikkim state average of 890. Child Sex Ratio for the Poklok as per census is 741, lower than Sikkim average of 957.

Poklok village has lower literacy rate compared to Sikkim. In 2011, literacy rate of Poklok village was 79.02 % compared to 81.42 % of Sikkim. In Poklok Male literacy stands at 87.74 % while female literacy rate was 70.55 %.

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

Poklok Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 363 - -
Population 1,768 887 881
Child (0-6) 195 112 83
Schedule Caste 49 25 24
Schedule Tribe 143 75 68
Literacy 79.02 % 87.74 % 70.55 %
Total Workers 931 513 418
Main Worker 694 - -
Marginal Worker 237 69 168

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 8.09 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 2.77 % of total population in Poklok village.

Work Profile

In Poklok village out of total population, 931 were engaged in work activities. 74.54 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 25.46 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 931 workers engaged in Main Work, 433 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 7 were Agricultural labourer.