# Luing Village, Gangtok, East District (Sikkim) – Population & Literacy, Census 2011

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Village · Gangtok, East District 

# Luing

Luing is a village in Gangtok sub-district of East District district, Sikkim. The 2011 Census counted **2,019 people in 413 households**, the 17th largest of 70 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 81.3%.

- 2,019people (2011)
- 413households
- 83.1%literacy
- 947females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Luing

Of every 100 households in Luing in 2011, 94 had electricity, 93 a toilet at home and 14 cooked with LPG; 70 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Luing · ■ Gangtok rural average

Electricity for lighting ****94%**

**91%

Toilet within the home ****93%**

**86%

No toilet (open defecation) ****6%**

**13%

Tap water ****57%**

**77%

Drinking water within premises ****22%**

**36%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****14%**

**33%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****83%**

**61%

Use banking services ****62%**

**54%

Television ****57%**

**52%

Mobile phone ****70%**

**68%

Computer with internet ****3%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**6%

None of these assets ****10%**

**18%

Own their home ****83%**

**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 Luing?

■ Luing · ■ Gangtok rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****83.1%**

**81.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****947**

**801

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1106**

**964

Working population ****45.7%**

**55.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.5% for men and 78.4% for women. 52% of men and 39% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 452 (49%) · **■** Farm labourers 24 (3%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 281 (30%) · **■** Marginal 164 (18%)

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

- Patuk2,236 people
- Dung-Dung2,194 people
- Samdong2,125 people
- Lingzey2,055 people
- Singbel1,979 people
- Shyagyong-Rumtek1,897 people
- Tintek1,778 people
- Raley-Khese1,712 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Luing?2,019 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Luing in?East District district (Gangtok sub-district), Sikkim
- What is the literacy rate of Luing?83.1% (Census 2011)