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

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Village · Gangtok, East District 

# Barbing

Barbing is a village in Gangtok sub-district of East District district, Sikkim. The 2011 Census counted **1,276 people in 274 households**, the 29th largest of 70 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 88.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 81.3%.

- 1,276people (2011)
- 274households
- 88.0%literacy
- 1,009females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Barbing

Of every 100 households in Barbing in 2011, 95 had electricity, 96 a toilet at home and 37 cooked with LPG; 77 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 9 a car.

■ Barbing · ■ Gangtok rural average

Electricity for lighting ****95%**

**91%

Toilet within the home ****96%**

**86%

No toilet (open defecation) ****4%**

**13%

Tap water ****86%**

**77%

Drinking water within premises ****56%**

**36%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****37%**

**33%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****55%**

**61%

Use banking services ****59%**

**54%

Television ****60%**

**52%

Mobile phone ****77%**

**68%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****9%**

**6%

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

**18%

Own their home ****68%**

**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 Barbing?

■ Barbing · ■ Gangtok rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****88.0%**

**81.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1009**

**801

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1278**

**964

Working population ****48.5%**

**55.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.9% for men and 83.0% for women. 59% of men and 38% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 165 (27%) · **■** Farm labourers 5 (1%) · **■** Household industry 13 (2%) · **■** Other work 130 (21%) · **■** Marginal 306 (49%)

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

- Shotak1,541 people
- Sherwani1,489 people
- Tshalumthang1,405 people
- Sumen1,305 people
- Naitam1,265 people
- Phengyong1,256 people
- Namli1,203 people
- Chuba1,178 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Barbing?1,276 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Barbing in?East District district (Gangtok sub-district), Sikkim
- What is the literacy rate of Barbing?88.0% (Census 2011)