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

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Village · Gangtok, East District 

# Chuba

Chuba is a village in Gangtok sub-district of East District district, Sikkim. The 2011 Census counted **1,178 people in 251 households**, the 33rd largest of 70 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 81.3%.

- 1,178people (2011)
- 251households
- 72.5%literacy
- 810females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chuba

Of every 100 households in Chuba in 2011, 87 had electricity, 71 a toilet at home and 39 cooked with LPG; 85 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Chuba · ■ Gangtok rural average

Electricity for lighting ****87%**

**91%

Toilet within the home ****71%**

**86%

No toilet (open defecation) ****26%**

**13%

Tap water ****69%**

**77%

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

**36%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****39%**

**33%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****60%**

**61%

Use banking services ****40%**

**54%

Television ****40%**

**52%

Mobile phone ****85%**

**68%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****5%**

**6%

None of these assets ****6%**

**18%

Own their home ****74%**

**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 Chuba?

■ Chuba · ■ Gangtok rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.5%**

**81.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****810**

**801

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****867**

**964

Working population ****53.6%**

**55.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.0% for men and 65.7% for women. 59% of men and 47% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 311 (49%) · **■** Farm labourers 23 (4%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 216 (34%) · **■** Marginal 76 (12%)

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

- Barbing1,276 people
- Naitam1,265 people
- Phengyong1,256 people
- Namli1,203 people
- Kambal1,049 people
- Penlong1,022 people
- Nampong965 people
- Lingzey962 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chuba?1,178 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chuba in?East District district (Gangtok sub-district), Sikkim
- What is the literacy rate of Chuba?72.5% (Census 2011)