Bering or Biring is a small village at

Pakyong Pakyong () is a city and district headquarters of Pakyong district in the Indian state of Sikkim, located in the foothills of the Himalayas. Pakyong Airport is the only airport of Sikkim. The "National Research Centre for Orchids" ( ICAR Insti ...

sub-division in the Pakyong District of

Sikkim Sikkim ( ; ) is a States and union territories of India, state in northeastern India. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China in the north and northeast, Bhutan in the east, Koshi Province of Nepal in the west, and West Bengal in the ...

. It is 13 km away towards east from Pakyong Market. This small village is inhabited by Sharma, Chettri, Limboo, Rai communities. In the lower belt Sharma are in majority - Ghimire, Bastola, Bhattarai, Thapa, Kharka, Budathoki, Gotamey, Bogoti Khatiwara etc. are among the subcaste living in this area. Agriculture is the main occupation of the people of this area. Ginger, Amliso, are the main cash crop of this area. Paddy, maize, Millet, wheat are the cereal crop. Nearest town from this village is

in west and Rongli in east. This village falls under

Block development Office.

Etymology

The name Biring has multiple definitions. Some say that it's a corrupted version of Bu ring, a Bhutia word where bu stands for snake and ring stands for long. Others disagree. They believe Biring is a Lepcha word which means "full of bamboo", as this area was once densely packed with bamboo groves. Some would disagree with both such versions and argue that Biring is a Nepali word, but what it means is unknown.

Population

The population of this village is 1,006 (male: 521, female: 485) with a total of 189 households according to the 2011 Census of India. The village code is 42300.

Literacy

Bering village has lower literacy rate compared to Sikkim. In 2011, the literacy rate of Bering village was 77.33% compared to 81.42% of Sikkim. In Bering Male literacy stands at 87.22% while female literacy rate was 66.61%.

Sex Ratio

In Bering village population of children with age 0-6 is 118 which makes up 8.93% of total population of the village. Average Sex Ratio of Bering village is 897 which is higher than Sikkim state average of 890. Child Sex Ratio for the Bering as per census is 662, lower than Sikkim average of 957.

Caste Wise data of the Village

As per 2011 census, Bering village of East Sikkim has a substantial population of Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 28.44% while Schedule Caste (SC) were 7.79% of total population in Bering village.

Work Profile of the Village

As per official census data of 2011, at Bering village out of total population, 886 were engaged in work activities. 74.49% of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 25.51% were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 886 workers engaged in Main Work, 477 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 56 were Agricultural labourer.

Recent Infrastructural Development

Recently Gati Power project entered into this village to generate hydro electricity.

Rangpo Rangpo is a Municipal town in Pakyong district in the Indian state of Sikkim. The town borders West Bengal's Kalimpong district and is situated along the Teesta river and Rangpo River. It is the first town of Sikkim lying on National Highway ...

and

Rongli Rongli is a town, in the Pakyong district of the Indian state of Sikkim. It lies on the banks of Rangpo River around from Pakyong city, the district headquarters, and around by road south of the state capital Gangtok. Rongli is also the headq ...

are two main river providing many ways of livelihood to the people of this area.

References

{{Pakyong district Villages in Pakyong district