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

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Village · Gangtok, East District 

# Namin

Namin is a village in Gangtok sub-district of East District district, Sikkim. The 2011 Census counted **304 people in 63 households**, the 64th largest of 70 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 81.3%.

- 304people (2011)
- 63households
- 76.7%literacy
- 1,111females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Namin

Of every 100 households in Namin in 2011, 97 had electricity, 95 a toilet at home and 17 cooked with LPG; 78 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 6 a car.

■ Namin · ■ Gangtok rural average

Electricity for lighting ****97%**

**91%

Toilet within the home ****95%**

**86%

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

**13%

Tap water ****66%**

**77%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**36%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****17%**

**33%

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

**61%

Use banking services ****52%**

**54%

Television ****55%**

**52%

Mobile phone ****78%**

**68%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****6%**

**6%

None of these assets ****9%**

**18%

Own their home ****86%**

**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 Namin?

■ Namin · ■ Gangtok rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.7%**

**81.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1111**

**801

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1615**

**964

Working population ****74.0%**

**55.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.5% for men and 68.3% for women. 76% of men and 72% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 121 (54%) · **■** Farm labourers 7 (3%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 34 (15%) · **■** Marginal 62 (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

- Tumlabung383 people
- Bhusuk374 people
- Gangtok Forest Block352 people
- Tirkutam327 people
- Simik302 people
- Chadey256 people
- Rangpo Forest Block249 people
- Pam94 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Namin?304 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Namin in?East District district (Gangtok sub-district), Sikkim
- What is the literacy rate of Namin?76.7% (Census 2011)