East Sikkim is one of 4 districts located in northwest Indian state Sikkim. There are total 3 blocks which comes under East Sikkim district, and there are total 123 villages and 1 town area which comes under this district.
As per Indian government records district code of East Sikkim district is 244 and number of houses in this district is 34145.
As per Census 2011, total population of this district is 166979. Out of total 166979, male population count is 90321, where as female population count is 76658 in East Sikkim.
According to the Indian Government population count of year 2011, this district has total 16840 children are in the age group of 0-6 years. In these 16840 children 8528 are boys and 8312 are girl child.
Literacy rate of East Sikkim district is 72%. 120481 out of total 166979 population is literate in this district.
Going in details, Male literacy rate in this district is 77% and 70110 males are literate out of total 90321 male population, where as female literacy rate is 34% and 50371 out of total 76658 females are literate in this district.
Coming to dark side, illiteracy rate of East Sikkim district is 27%. 46498 out of total 166979 population is illiterate in this village. In details, Male illiteracy rate in this district is 22% and 20211 males are illiterate out of total 90321 male population, where as female illiteracy rate is 34% and 26287 out of total 76658 females are illiterate in this district.
Total working population of East Sikkim district is 89393 and non-working population is 77586 and out of 89393 working population 22117 peoples are totally dependent on agriculture.
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