# Namgeythang Village, Gangtok, East District (Sikkim)

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Village · Gangtok, East District 

# Namgeythang

Namgeythang is a village in Gangtok sub-district of East District district, Sikkim. The 2011 Census counted **451 people in 83 households**, the 54th largest of 70 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 81.3%.

- 451people (2011)
- 83households
- 74.2%literacy
- 1,013females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Namgeythang

Of every 100 households in Namgeythang in 2011, 83 had electricity, 77 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 54 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Namgeythang · ■ Gangtok rural average

Electricity for lighting ****83%**

**91%

Toilet within the home ****77%**

**86%

No toilet (open defecation) ****23%**

**13%

Tap water ****75%**

**77%

Drinking water within premises ****68%**

**36%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**33%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**61%

Use banking services ****8%**

**54%

Television ****34%**

**52%

Mobile phone ****54%**

**68%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****5%**

**6%

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

**18%

Own their home ****66%**

**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 Namgeythang?

■ Namgeythang · ■ Gangtok rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.2%**

**81.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1013**

**801

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****733**

**964

Working population ****60.5%**

**55.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.5% for men and 66.3% for women. 63% of men and 58% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 157 (58%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (0%) · **■** Household industry 11 (4%) · **■** Other work 77 (28%) · **■** Marginal 27 (10%)

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

- Beng535 people
- Chinze517 people
- Byang495 people
- Parbing459 people
- Namok442 people
- Rapdang424 people
- Pangthang Forest Block399 people
- Sakyong386 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Namgeythang?451 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Namgeythang in?East District district (Gangtok sub-district), Sikkim
- What is the literacy rate of Namgeythang?74.2% (Census 2011)