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

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Village · Gangtok, East District 

# Nampong

Nampong is a village in Gangtok sub-district of East District district, Sikkim. The 2011 Census counted **965 people in 207 households**, the 36th largest of 70 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 81.3%.

- 965people (2011)
- 207households
- 78.5%literacy
- 915females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Nampong

Of every 100 households in Nampong in 2011, 93 had electricity, 83 a toilet at home and 8 cooked with LPG; 67 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Nampong · ■ Gangtok rural average

Electricity for lighting ****93%**

**91%

Toilet within the home ****83%**

**86%

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

**13%

Tap water ****57%**

**77%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**36%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****8%**

**33%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****88%**

**61%

Use banking services ****81%**

**54%

Television ****46%**

**52%

Mobile phone ****67%**

**68%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**3%

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

**6%

None of these assets ****19%**

**18%

Own their home ****79%**

**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 Nampong?

■ Nampong · ■ Gangtok rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.5%**

**81.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****915**

**801

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****926**

**964

Working population ****59.9%**

**55.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.1% for men and 73.5% for women. 67% of men and 52% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 148 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 55 (10%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 166 (29%) · **■** Marginal 207 (36%)

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

- Namli1,203 people
- Chuba1,178 people
- Kambal1,049 people
- Penlong1,022 people
- Lingzey962 people
- Tathangchen936 people
- Sajong908 people
- Lingdok896 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Nampong?965 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Nampong in?East District district (Gangtok sub-district), Sikkim
- What is the literacy rate of Nampong?78.5% (Census 2011)