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Dholepchen Population - East Sikkim, Sikkim

Dholepchen is a large village located in Rongli Sub Division of East Sikkim district, Sikkim with total 558 families residing. The Dholepchen village has population of 2553 of which 1290 are males while 1263 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dholepchen village population of children with age 0-6 is 252 which makes up 9.87 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dholepchen village is 979 which is higher than Sikkim state average of 890. Child Sex Ratio for the Dholepchen as per census is 1000, higher than Sikkim average of 957.

Dholepchen village has higher literacy rate compared to Sikkim. In 2011, literacy rate of Dholepchen village was 83.27 % compared to 81.42 % of Sikkim. In Dholepchen Male literacy stands at 87.97 % while female literacy rate was 78.45 %.

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

Dholepchen Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 558 - -
Population 2,553 1,290 1,263
Child (0-6) 252 126 126
Schedule Caste 47 20 27
Schedule Tribe 196 102 94
Literacy 83.27 % 87.97 % 78.45 %
Total Workers 901 684 217
Main Worker 740 - -
Marginal Worker 161 112 49

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 7.68 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 1.84 % of total population in Dholepchen village.

Work Profile

In Dholepchen village out of total population, 901 were engaged in work activities. 82.13 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 17.87 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 901 workers engaged in Main Work, 346 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 40 were Agricultural labourer.