Village · Gangtok, East District
# Kambal

Kambal is a village in Gangtok sub-district of East District district, Sikkim. The 2011 Census counted 1,049 people in 202 households, the 34th largest of 70 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 81.3%.
- 1,049 people (2011)
- 202 households
- 82.2% literacy
- 935 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kambal

Of every 100 households in Kambal in 2011, 80 had electricity, 76 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 74 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Kambal · ■ Gangtok rural average
- Electricity for lighting 80% 91%
- Toilet within the home 76% 86%
- No toilet (open defecation) 23% 13%
- Tap water 95% 77%
- Drinking water within premises 92% 36%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 4% 33%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 96% 61%
- Use banking services 49% 54%
- Television 43% 52%
- Mobile phone 74% 68%
- Computer with internet 0% 2%
- Two-wheeler 2% 3%
- Car / jeep / van 2% 6%
- None of these assets 19% 18%
- Own their home 74% 69%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Kambal?

■ Kambal · ■ Gangtok rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 82.2% 81.3%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 935 801
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 859 964
- Working population 65.7% 55.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.5% for men and 74.3% for women. 66% of men and 65% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 189 (27%) · ■ Farm labourers 22 (3%) · ■ Household industry 2 (0%) · ■ Other work 154 (22%) · ■ Marginal 322 (47%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Gangtok
- Naitam 1,265 people
- Phengyong 1,256 people
- Namli 1,203 people
- Chuba 1,178 people
- Penlong 1,022 people
- Nampong 965 people
- Lingzey 962 people
- Tathangchen 936 people

All 75 villages in Gangtok

## Other places named Kambal
- Kambal · Village, Nelamangala, Bangalore Rural · 1,265 people

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Kambal? 1,049 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kambal in? East District district (Gangtok sub-district), Sikkim
- What is the literacy rate of Kambal? 82.2% (Census 2011)

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