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

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Village · Gangtok, East District 

# Lingdum

Lingdum is a village in Gangtok sub-district of East District district, Sikkim. The 2011 Census counted **2,589 people in 423 households**, the 10th largest of 70 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 88.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 81.3%.

- 2,589people (2011)
- 423households
- 88.1%literacy
- 584females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Lingdum

Of every 100 households in Lingdum in 2011, 88 had electricity, 87 a toilet at home and 21 cooked with LPG; 72 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Lingdum · ■ Gangtok rural average

Electricity for lighting ****88%**

**91%

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

**86%

No toilet (open defecation) ****13%**

**13%

Tap water ****86%**

**77%

Drinking water within premises ****70%**

**36%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****21%**

**33%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****77%**

**61%

Use banking services ****52%**

**54%

Television ****48%**

**52%

Mobile phone ****72%**

**68%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**6%

None of these assets ****17%**

**18%

Own their home ****70%**

**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 Lingdum?

■ Lingdum · ■ Gangtok rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****88.1%**

**81.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****584**

**801

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****917**

**964

Working population ****54.5%**

**55.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.9% for men and 77.6% for women. 59% of men and 46% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 377 (27%) · **■** Farm labourers 61 (4%) · **■** Household industry 19 (1%) · **■** Other work 710 (50%) · **■** Marginal 244 (17%)

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

- Nandok3,604 people
- Rongyek3,169 people
- Tumen2,974 people
- Chisopani2,719 people
- Rakdong2,409 people
- Samlik-Marchak2,306 people
- Patuk2,236 people
- Dung-Dung2,194 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Lingdum?2,589 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Lingdum in?East District district (Gangtok sub-district), Sikkim
- What is the literacy rate of Lingdum?88.1% (Census 2011)