Sokom Population - Chandel, Manipur

Sokom is a medium size village located in Chakpikarong Sub Division of Chandel district, Manipur with total 143 families residing. The Sokom village has population of 789 of which 398 are males while 391 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sokom village population of children with age 0-6 is 122 which makes up 15.46 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sokom village is 982 which is lower than Manipur state average of 985. Child Sex Ratio for the Sokom as per census is 906, lower than Manipur average of 930.

Sokom village has lower literacy rate compared to Manipur. In 2011, literacy rate of Sokom village was 52.62 % compared to 76.94 % of Manipur. In Sokom Male literacy stands at 58.98 % while female literacy rate was 46.25 %.

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

Sokom Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	143	-	-
Population	789	398	391
Child (0-6)	122	64	58
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	788	397	391
Literacy	52.62 %	58.98 %	46.25 %
Total Workers	643	319	324
Main Worker	412	-	-
Marginal Worker	231	124	107

Caste Factor

In Sokom village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.87 % of total population in Sokom village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Sokom village of Chandel.

Work Profile

In Sokom village out of total population, 643 were engaged in work activities. 64.07 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 35.93 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 643 workers engaged in Main Work, 271 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 128 were Agricultural labourer.