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

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Village · Gangtok, East District 

# Bhusuk

Bhusuk is a village in Gangtok sub-district of East District district, Sikkim. The 2011 Census counted **374 people in 79 households**, the 61st largest of 70 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 81.3%.

- 374people (2011)
- 79households
- 71.3%literacy
- 816females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bhusuk

Of every 100 households in Bhusuk in 2011, 95 had electricity, 81 a toilet at home and 40 cooked with LPG; 77 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Bhusuk · ■ Gangtok rural average

Electricity for lighting ****95%**

**91%

Toilet within the home ****81%**

**86%

No toilet (open defecation) ****16%**

**13%

Tap water ****46%**

**77%

Drinking water within premises ****34%**

**36%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****40%**

**33%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****57%**

**61%

Use banking services ****40%**

**54%

Television ****75%**

**52%

Mobile phone ****77%**

**68%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**6%

None of these assets ****5%**

**18%

Own their home ****66%**

**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 Bhusuk?

■ Bhusuk · ■ Gangtok rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.3%**

**81.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****816**

**801

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****524**

**964

Working population ****53.2%**

**55.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.1% for men and 66.9% for women. 58% of men and 48% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 163 (82%) · **■** Marginal 35 (18%)

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

- Pangthang Forest Block399 people
- Sakyong386 people
- Lingzey384 people
- Tumlabung383 people
- Gangtok Forest Block352 people
- Tirkutam327 people
- Namin304 people
- Simik302 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bhusuk?374 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bhusuk in?East District district (Gangtok sub-district), Sikkim
- What is the literacy rate of Bhusuk?71.3% (Census 2011)