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Tumen Population - East Sikkim, Sikkim

Tumen is a large village located in Gangtok Sub Division of East Sikkim district, Sikkim with total 589 families residing. The Tumen village has population of 2974 of which 1522 are males while 1452 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Tumen village population of children with age 0-6 is 338 which makes up 11.37 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Tumen village is 954 which is higher than Sikkim state average of 890. Child Sex Ratio for the Tumen as per census is 888, lower than Sikkim average of 957.

Tumen village has lower literacy rate compared to Sikkim. In 2011, literacy rate of Tumen village was 70.07 % compared to 81.42 % of Sikkim. In Tumen Male literacy stands at 73.72 % while female literacy rate was 66.28 %.

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

Tumen Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 589 - -
Population 2,974 1,522 1,452
Child (0-6) 338 179 159
Schedule Caste 211 111 100
Schedule Tribe 1,044 519 525
Literacy 70.07 % 73.72 % 66.28 %
Total Workers 1,792 967 825
Main Worker 1,244 - -
Marginal Worker 548 181 367

Caste Factor

In Tumen village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 35.10 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 7.09 % of total population in Tumen village.

Work Profile

In Tumen village out of total population, 1792 were engaged in work activities. 69.42 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 30.58 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1792 workers engaged in Main Work, 668 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 193 were Agricultural labourer.