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Lingi Population - South Sikkim, Sikkim

Lingi is a medium size village located in Ravong Sub Division of South Sikkim district, Sikkim with total 343 families residing. The Lingi village has population of 1854 of which 978 are males while 876 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Lingi village population of children with age 0-6 is 225 which makes up 12.14 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Lingi village is 896 which is higher than Sikkim state average of 890. Child Sex Ratio for the Lingi as per census is 844, lower than Sikkim average of 957.

Lingi village has higher literacy rate compared to Sikkim. In 2011, literacy rate of Lingi village was 83.67 % compared to 81.42 % of Sikkim. In Lingi Male literacy stands at 91.12 % while female literacy rate was 75.42 %.

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

Lingi Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 343 - -
Population 1,854 978 876
Child (0-6) 225 122 103
Schedule Caste 34 16 18
Schedule Tribe 681 361 320
Literacy 83.67 % 91.12 % 75.42 %
Total Workers 898 504 394
Main Worker 327 - -
Marginal Worker 571 228 343

Caste Factor

In Lingi village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 36.73 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 1.83 % of total population in Lingi village.

Work Profile

In Lingi village out of total population, 898 were engaged in work activities. 36.41 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 63.59 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 898 workers engaged in Main Work, 183 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 13 were Agricultural labourer.