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

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Village · Gangtok, East District 

# Parbing

Parbing is a village in Gangtok sub-district of East District district, Sikkim. The 2011 Census counted **459 people in 85 households**, the 53rd largest of 70 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 81.3%.

- 459people (2011)
- 85households
- 74.7%literacy
- 937females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Parbing

Of every 100 households in Parbing in 2011, 91 had electricity, 94 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 87 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Parbing · ■ Gangtok rural average

Electricity for lighting ****91%**

**91%

Toilet within the home ****94%**

**86%

No toilet (open defecation) ****6%**

**13%

Tap water ****55%**

**77%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**36%

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

**33%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**61%

Use banking services ****78%**

**54%

Television ****58%**

**52%

Mobile phone ****87%**

**68%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**3%

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

**6%

None of these assets ****4%**

**18%

Own their home ****50%**

**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 Parbing?

■ Parbing · ■ Gangtok rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.7%**

**81.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****937**

**801

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****760**

**964

Working population ****28.3%**

**55.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.2% for men and 69.0% for women. 51% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 52 (40%) · **■** Farm labourers 22 (17%) · **■** Household industry 2 (2%) · **■** Other work 44 (34%) · **■** Marginal 10 (8%)

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

- Temphyak Mendu552 people
- Beng535 people
- Chinze517 people
- Byang495 people
- Namgeythang451 people
- Namok442 people
- Rapdang424 people
- Pangthang Forest Block399 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Parbing?459 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Parbing in?East District district (Gangtok sub-district), Sikkim
- What is the literacy rate of Parbing?74.7% (Census 2011)