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

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Village · Gangtok, East District 

# Namok

Namok is a village in Gangtok sub-district of East District district, Sikkim. The 2011 Census counted **442 people in 105 households**, the 55th largest of 70 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 81.3%.

- 442people (2011)
- 105households
- 82.1%literacy
- 873females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Namok

Of every 100 households in Namok in 2011, 94 had electricity, 79 a toilet at home and 9 cooked with LPG; 65 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Namok · ■ Gangtok rural average

Electricity for lighting ****94%**

**91%

Toilet within the home ****79%**

**86%

No toilet (open defecation) ****11%**

**13%

Tap water ****29%**

**77%

Drinking water within premises ****28%**

**36%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****9%**

**33%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****89%**

**61%

Use banking services ****59%**

**54%

Television ****58%**

**52%

Mobile phone ****65%**

**68%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

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

**6%

None of these assets ****16%**

**18%

Own their home ****80%**

**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 Namok?

■ Namok · ■ Gangtok rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****82.1%**

**81.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****873**

**801

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****632**

**964

Working population ****41.4%**

**55.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.9% for men and 76.9% for women. 50% of men and 31% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 81 (44%) · **■** Farm labourers 3 (2%) · **■** Other work 39 (21%) · **■** Marginal 60 (33%)

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

- Chinze517 people
- Byang495 people
- Parbing459 people
- Namgeythang451 people
- Rapdang424 people
- Pangthang Forest Block399 people
- Sakyong386 people
- Lingzey384 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Namok?442 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Namok in?East District district (Gangtok sub-district), Sikkim
- What is the literacy rate of Namok?82.1% (Census 2011)