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

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Village · Gangtok, East District 

# Navey

Navey is a village in Gangtok sub-district of East District district, Sikkim. The 2011 Census counted **678 people in 143 households**, the 43rd largest of 70 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 81.3%.

- 678people (2011)
- 143households
- 84.9%literacy
- 926females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Navey

Of every 100 households in Navey in 2011, 95 had electricity, 88 a toilet at home and 28 cooked with LPG; 65 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 6 a car.

■ Navey · ■ Gangtok rural average

Electricity for lighting ****95%**

**91%

Toilet within the home ****88%**

**86%

No toilet (open defecation) ****12%**

**13%

Tap water ****73%**

**77%

Drinking water within premises ****26%**

**36%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****28%**

**33%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****70%**

**61%

Use banking services ****79%**

**54%

Television ****48%**

**52%

Mobile phone ****65%**

**68%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**3%

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

**6%

None of these assets ****18%**

**18%

Own their home ****73%**

**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 Navey?

■ Navey · ■ Gangtok rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.9%**

**81.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****926**

**801

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1455**

**964

Working population ****49.4%**

**55.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.9% for men and 78.2% for women. 56% of men and 43% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 90 (27%) · **■** Farm labourers 3 (1%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 184 (55%) · **■** Marginal 53 (16%)

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

- Sajong908 people
- Lingdok896 people
- Sangtong822 people
- Nazitam810 people
- Budang Thangsing677 people
- Ranka609 people
- Rey594 people
- Mangthang575 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Navey?678 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Navey in?East District district (Gangtok sub-district), Sikkim
- What is the literacy rate of Navey?84.9% (Census 2011)