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

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Village · Gangtok, East District 

# Naitam

Naitam is a village in Gangtok sub-district of East District district, Sikkim. The 2011 Census counted **1,265 people in 283 households**, the 30th largest of 70 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 81.3%.

- 1,265people (2011)
- 283households
- 78.4%literacy
- 1,014females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Naitam

Of every 100 households in Naitam in 2011, 92 had electricity, 71 a toilet at home and 14 cooked with LPG; 27 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Naitam · ■ Gangtok rural average

Electricity for lighting ****92%**

**91%

Toilet within the home ****71%**

**86%

No toilet (open defecation) ****29%**

**13%

Tap water ****36%**

**77%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**36%

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

**33%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****85%**

**61%

Use banking services ****49%**

**54%

Television ****56%**

**52%

Mobile phone ****27%**

**68%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**6%

None of these assets ****24%**

**18%

Own their home ****87%**

**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 Naitam?

■ Naitam · ■ Gangtok rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.4%**

**81.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1014**

**801

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1204**

**964

Working population ****57.8%**

**55.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.2% for men and 71.5% for women. 63% of men and 53% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 309 (42%) · **■** Farm labourers 69 (9%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 144 (20%) · **■** Marginal 204 (28%)

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

- Sherwani1,489 people
- Tshalumthang1,405 people
- Sumen1,305 people
- Barbing1,276 people
- Phengyong1,256 people
- Namli1,203 people
- Chuba1,178 people
- Kambal1,049 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Naitam?1,265 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Naitam in?East District district (Gangtok sub-district), Sikkim
- What is the literacy rate of Naitam?78.4% (Census 2011)