Penkim Population - Kiphire, Nagaland

Penkim is a medium size village located in Khongsa Circle of Kiphire district, Nagaland with total 167 families residing. The Penkim village has population of 752 of which 382 are males while 370 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Penkim village population of children with age 0-6 is 229 which makes up 30.45 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Penkim village is 969 which is higher than Nagaland state average of 931. Child Sex Ratio for the Penkim as per census is 991, higher than Nagaland average of 943.

Penkim village has lower literacy rate compared to Nagaland. In 2011, literacy rate of Penkim village was 45.89 % compared to 79.55 % of Nagaland. In Penkim Male literacy stands at 55.43 % while female literacy rate was 35.94 %.

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

Penkim Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	167	-	-
Population	752	382	370
Child (0-6)	229	115	114
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	740	375	365
Literacy	45.89 %	55.43 %	35.94 %
Total Workers	356	178	178
Main Worker	329	-	-
Marginal Worker	27	10	17

Caste Factor

In Penkim village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.40 % of total population in Penkim village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Penkim village of Kiphire.

Work Profile

In Penkim village out of total population, 356 were engaged in work activities. 92.42 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 7.58 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 356 workers engaged in Main Work, 287 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.