The legends of the village says that the name Tareythang comes from two words 'Tarey' which means the Tarey Bhir and the word 'Thang' means the plain land. It means the plain land under Tarey bhir is called as Tareythang.
-speaking people comprising Bahun, Chettri, Darjee and Sunar constitutes the majority of the population at Tareythang.
Economy
People are mainly engaged in primary sector like house farming, Agriculture, pitty business, Horticulture etc. Most of the youngsters are away from the village because of their job. Youngsters from the village are engaged in Private & Govt. sector in Capital city Gangtok and some other states as well as abroad for their studies & job. There is a Government school too in the middle of the village. People engaged in agriculture produce as their main crops every year is Paddy, Maize, millet, Ginger, vegetables products & less quantity of cardamom.
Geography
As per the report of Sikkim Statistical Journal, published from Department of Economics, Statistics, Monitoring & Evaluation, Government of Sikkim, Tareythang has a total area of 223.17 Hactare and is located at an average elevation of 333 metres.
Demographics
India census, Tareythang had a total 161 household and a population of 736. Males population counts at 370 individuals and females 366 respectively. It has an average literacy rate of 84.78%, higher than the state average of 81.42%: male literacy is 93.43%, and female literacy is 75.78%.
In Tareythang village population of children with age 0-6 is 79 which makes up 10.73% of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Tareythang village is 989 which is higher than Sikkim state average of 890. Child Sex Ratio for the Tareythang as per census is 1257, higher than Sikkim average of 957.
Tareythang Data
According to the 2011 Census, Tareythang data are as under:
As per 2011 census, Schedule Caste constitutes 13.04% while Schedule Tribe were 0.95% of total population in Tareythang village.
Work Profile of the Village
As per official census data of 2011, in Tareythang out of total population of 736, 361 were engaged in work activities. 68.14% of workers describe their work as Main Work while 31.86% were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 361 workers engaged in Main Work, 121 were cultivators while 32 were Agricultural labourer.
