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New Somtal Population - Chandel, Manipur

New Somtal is a medium size village located in Chakpikarong Sub Division of Chandel district, Manipur with total 308 families residing. The New Somtal village has population of 1737 of which 964 are males while 773 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In New Somtal village population of children with age 0-6 is 214 which makes up 12.32 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of New Somtal village is 802 which is lower than Manipur state average of 985. Child Sex Ratio for the New Somtal as per census is 928, lower than Manipur average of 930.

New Somtal village has lower literacy rate compared to Manipur. In 2011, literacy rate of New Somtal village was 61.39 % compared to 76.94 % of Manipur. In New Somtal Male literacy stands at 71.40 % while female literacy rate was 48.66 %.

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

New Somtal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 308 - -
Population 1,737 964 773
Child (0-6) 214 111 103
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 1,559 793 766
Literacy 61.39 % 71.40 % 48.66 %
Total Workers 716 478 238
Main Worker 470 - -
Marginal Worker 246 49 197

Caste Factor

In New Somtal village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 89.75 % of total population in New Somtal village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in New Somtal village of Chandel.

Work Profile

In New Somtal village out of total population, 716 were engaged in work activities. 65.64 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 34.36 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 716 workers engaged in Main Work, 273 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 3 were Agricultural labourer.