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

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Village · Gangtok, East District 

# Patuk

Patuk is a village in Gangtok sub-district of East District district, Sikkim. The 2011 Census counted **2,236 people in 446 households**, the 13th largest of 70 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 81.3%.

- 2,236people (2011)
- 446households
- 83.4%literacy
- 812females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Patuk

Of every 100 households in Patuk in 2011, 88 had electricity, 84 a toilet at home and 16 cooked with LPG; 69 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Patuk · ■ Gangtok rural average

Electricity for lighting ****88%**

**91%

Toilet within the home ****84%**

**86%

No toilet (open defecation) ****15%**

**13%

Tap water ****99%**

**77%

Drinking water within premises ****33%**

**36%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****16%**

**33%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****81%**

**61%

Use banking services ****64%**

**54%

Television ****41%**

**52%

Mobile phone ****69%**

**68%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**6%

None of these assets ****21%**

**18%

Own their home ****62%**

**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 Patuk?

■ Patuk · ■ Gangtok rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****83.4%**

**81.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****812**

**801

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1087**

**964

Working population ****70.4%**

**55.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.5% for men and 76.7% for women. 74% of men and 66% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 435 (28%) · **■** Farm labourers 54 (3%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 405 (26%) · **■** Marginal 679 (43%)

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

- Chisopani2,719 people
- Lingdum2,589 people
- Rakdong2,409 people
- Samlik-Marchak2,306 people
- Dung-Dung2,194 people
- Samdong2,125 people
- Lingzey2,055 people
- Luing2,019 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Patuk?2,236 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Patuk in?East District district (Gangtok sub-district), Sikkim
- What is the literacy rate of Patuk?83.4% (Census 2011)