# Lingzey Village, Gangtok, East District (Sikkim) – Population (3)

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Village · Gangtok, East District 

# Lingzey

Lingzey is a village in Gangtok sub-district of East District district, Sikkim. The 2011 Census counted **384 people in 75 households**, the 59th largest of 70 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 81.3%.

- 384people (2011)
- 75households
- 76.6%literacy
- 920females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Lingzey

Of every 100 households in Lingzey in 2011, 91 had electricity, 82 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 75 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 8 a car.

■ Lingzey · ■ Gangtok rural average

Electricity for lighting ****91%**

**91%

Toilet within the home ****82%**

**86%

No toilet (open defecation) ****18%**

**13%

Tap water ****95%**

**77%

Drinking water within premises ****64%**

**36%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**33%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**61%

Use banking services ****36%**

**54%

Television ****38%**

**52%

Mobile phone ****75%**

**68%

Computer with internet ****3%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****8%**

**6%

None of these assets ****14%**

**18%

Own their home ****71%**

**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 Lingzey?

■ Lingzey · ■ Gangtok rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.6%**

**81.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****920**

**801

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****737**

**964

Working population ****58.1%**

**55.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.0% for men and 68.8% for women. 57% of men and 59% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 167 (75%) · **■** Other work 51 (23%) · **■** Marginal 5 (2%)

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

- Namok442 people
- Rapdang424 people
- Pangthang Forest Block399 people
- Sakyong386 people
- Tumlabung383 people
- Bhusuk374 people
- Gangtok Forest Block352 people
- Tirkutam327 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Lingzey?384 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Lingzey in?East District district (Gangtok sub-district), Sikkim
- What is the literacy rate of Lingzey?76.6% (Census 2011)