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Ranka Population - East Sikkim, Sikkim

Ranka is a medium size village located in Gangtok Sub Division of East Sikkim district, Sikkim with total 135 families residing. The Ranka village has population of 609 of which 306 are males while 303 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Ranka village population of children with age 0-6 is 56 which makes up 9.20 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Ranka village is 990 which is higher than Sikkim state average of 890. Child Sex Ratio for the Ranka as per census is 1000, higher than Sikkim average of 957.

Ranka village has lower literacy rate compared to Sikkim. In 2011, literacy rate of Ranka village was 77.03 % compared to 81.42 % of Sikkim. In Ranka Male literacy stands at 82.01 % while female literacy rate was 72.00 %.

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

Ranka Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 135 - -
Population 609 306 303
Child (0-6) 56 28 28
Schedule Caste 4 1 3
Schedule Tribe 30 11 19
Literacy 77.03 % 82.01 % 72.00 %
Total Workers 330 187 143
Main Worker 233 - -
Marginal Worker 97 47 50

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 4.93 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 0.66 % of total population in Ranka village.

Work Profile

In Ranka village out of total population, 330 were engaged in work activities. 70.61 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 29.39 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 330 workers engaged in Main Work, 104 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 9 were Agricultural labourer.