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Pepthang Population - South Sikkim, Sikkim

Pepthang is a medium size village located in Ravong Sub Division of South Sikkim district, Sikkim with total 73 families residing. The Pepthang village has population of 444 of which 240 are males while 204 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pepthang village population of children with age 0-6 is 49 which makes up 11.04 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pepthang village is 850 which is lower than Sikkim state average of 890. Child Sex Ratio for the Pepthang as per census is 1450, higher than Sikkim average of 957.

Pepthang village has lower literacy rate compared to Sikkim. In 2011, literacy rate of Pepthang village was 68.61 % compared to 81.42 % of Sikkim. In Pepthang Male literacy stands at 73.18 % while female literacy rate was 62.86 %.

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

Pepthang Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 73 - -
Population 444 240 204
Child (0-6) 49 20 29
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 83 47 36
Literacy 68.61 % 73.18 % 62.86 %
Total Workers 212 131 81
Main Worker 39 - -
Marginal Worker 173 99 74

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 18.69 % of total population in Pepthang village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Pepthang village of South Sikkim.

Work Profile

In Pepthang village out of total population, 212 were engaged in work activities. 18.40 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 81.60 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 212 workers engaged in Main Work, 1 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.