# Aritar Village, Gangtok, East District (Sikkim) – Population

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Village · Gangtok, East District 

# Aritar

Aritar is a village in Gangtok sub-district of East District district, Sikkim. The 2011 Census counted **556 people in 99 households**, the 48th largest of 70 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 81.3%.

- 556people (2011)
- 99households
- 82.6%literacy
- 917females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Aritar

Of every 100 households in Aritar in 2011, 96 had electricity, 87 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 80 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Aritar · ■ Gangtok rural average

Electricity for lighting ****96%**

**91%

Toilet within the home ****87%**

**86%

No toilet (open defecation) ****11%**

**13%

Tap water ****100%**

**77%

Drinking water within premises ****51%**

**36%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**33%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**61%

Use banking services ****26%**

**54%

Television ****29%**

**52%

Mobile phone ****80%**

**68%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**6%

None of these assets ****11%**

**18%

Own their home ****86%**

**69%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Aritar?

■ Aritar · ■ Gangtok rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****82.6%**

**81.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****917**

**801

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****957**

**964

Working population ****62.2%**

**55.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.0% for men and 76.6% for women. 62% of men and 63% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 242 (70%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 80 (23%) · **■** Marginal 20 (6%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Gangtok

- Budang Thangsing677 people
- Ranka609 people
- Rey594 people
- Mangthang575 people
- Temphyak Mendu552 people
- Beng535 people
- Chinze517 people
- Byang495 people

[All 75 villages in Gangtok](https://wherepedia.org/india/sikkim/east-district/gangtok/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Aritar?556 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Aritar in?East District district (Gangtok sub-district), Sikkim
- What is the literacy rate of Aritar?82.6% (Census 2011)