# Lingzey, Gangtok, East District – Population & Literacy

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Village · Gangtok, East District 

# Lingzey

Lingzey is a village in [Gangtok](https://wherepedia.org/india/sikkim/east-district/gangtok/) sub-district of [East District](https://wherepedia.org/india/sikkim/east-district/) district, [Sikkim](https://wherepedia.org/india/sikkim/). The 2011 Census counted **2,055 people in 430 households**, the 16th largest of 70 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 81.3%.

- 2,055people (2011)
- 430households
- 80.2%literacy
- 930females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Lingzey

Of every 100 households in Lingzey in 2011, 96 had electricity, 94 a toilet at home and 32 cooked with LPG; 70 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 7 a car.

■ Lingzey · ■ Gangtok rural average

Electricity for lighting ****96%**

**91%

Toilet within the home ****94%**

**86%

No toilet (open defecation) ****5%**

**13%

Tap water ****75%**

**77%

Drinking water within premises ****35%**

**36%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****32%**

**33%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****66%**

**61%

Use banking services ****58%**

**54%

Television ****62%**

**52%

Mobile phone ****70%**

**68%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****7%**

**6%

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

**18%

Own their home ****81%**

**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+) ****80.2%**

**81.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****930**

**801

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****964**

**964

Working population ****62.2%**

**55.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.9% for men and 76.3% for women. 65% of men and 59% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 364 (28%) · **■** Farm labourers 38 (3%) · **■** Household industry 13 (1%) · **■** Other work 369 (29%) · **■** Marginal 494 (39%)

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

- Samlik-Marchak2,306 people
- Patuk2,236 people
- Dung-Dung2,194 people
- Samdong2,125 people
- Luing2,019 people
- Singbel1,979 people
- Shyagyong-Rumtek1,897 people
- Tintek1,778 people

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

## Other places named Lingzey

- Lingzey · Village, Gangtok, East District · 962 people
- Lingzey · Village, Gangtok, East District · 384 people

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Lingzey?2,055 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Lingzey in?East District district (Gangtok sub-district), Sikkim
- What is the literacy rate of Lingzey?80.2% (Census 2011)