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

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Village · Gangtok, East District 

# Rakdong

Rakdong is a village in Gangtok sub-district of East District district, Sikkim. The 2011 Census counted **2,409 people in 510 households**, the 11th largest of 70 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 81.3%.

- 2,409people (2011)
- 510households
- 82.0%literacy
- 910females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Rakdong

Of every 100 households in Rakdong in 2011, 84 had electricity, 79 a toilet at home and 17 cooked with LPG; 60 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Rakdong · ■ Gangtok rural average

Electricity for lighting ****84%**

**91%

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

**86%

No toilet (open defecation) ****21%**

**13%

Tap water ****87%**

**77%

Drinking water within premises ****50%**

**36%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****17%**

**33%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****82%**

**61%

Use banking services ****41%**

**54%

Television ****30%**

**52%

Mobile phone ****60%**

**68%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**3%

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

**6%

None of these assets ****35%**

**18%

Own their home ****68%**

**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 Rakdong?

■ Rakdong · ■ Gangtok rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****82.0%**

**81.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****910**

**801

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****903**

**964

Working population ****61.4%**

**55.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.8% for men and 74.6% for women. 63% of men and 60% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 431 (29%) · **■** Farm labourers 113 (8%) · **■** Household industry 89 (6%) · **■** Other work 328 (22%) · **■** Marginal 519 (35%)

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

- Rongyek3,169 people
- Tumen2,974 people
- Chisopani2,719 people
- Lingdum2,589 people
- Samlik-Marchak2,306 people
- Patuk2,236 people
- Dung-Dung2,194 people
- Samdong2,125 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Rakdong?2,409 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rakdong in?East District district (Gangtok sub-district), Sikkim
- What is the literacy rate of Rakdong?82.0% (Census 2011)