# Raley-Khese Village, Gangtok, East District (Sikkim)

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Village · Gangtok, East District 

# Raley-Khese

Raley-Khese is a village in Gangtok sub-district of East District district, Sikkim. The 2011 Census counted **1,712 people in 391 households**, the 21st largest of 70 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 81.3%.

- 1,712people (2011)
- 391households
- 79.4%literacy
- 1,007females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Raley-Khese

Of every 100 households in Raley-Khese in 2011, 83 had electricity, 97 a toilet at home and 19 cooked with LPG; 77 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Raley-Khese · ■ Gangtok rural average

Electricity for lighting ****83%**

**91%

Toilet within the home ****97%**

**86%

No toilet (open defecation) ****3%**

**13%

Tap water ****96%**

**77%

Drinking water within premises ****73%**

**36%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****19%**

**33%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****77%**

**61%

Use banking services ****55%**

**54%

Television ****40%**

**52%

Mobile phone ****77%**

**68%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**3%

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

**6%

None of these assets ****16%**

**18%

Own their home ****70%**

**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 Raley-Khese?

■ Raley-Khese · ■ Gangtok rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.4%**

**81.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1007**

**801

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1063**

**964

Working population ****62.1%**

**55.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.1% for men and 72.7% for women. 67% of men and 58% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 261 (25%) · **■** Farm labourers 127 (12%) · **■** Household industry 8 (1%) · **■** Other work 246 (23%) · **■** Marginal 422 (40%)

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

- Luing2,019 people
- Singbel1,979 people
- Shyagyong-Rumtek1,897 people
- Tintek1,778 people
- Assam1,686 people
- Khamdong1,669 people
- Rawate-Rumtek1,573 people
- Shotak1,541 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Raley-Khese?1,712 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Raley-Khese in?East District district (Gangtok sub-district), Sikkim
- What is the literacy rate of Raley-Khese?79.4% (Census 2011)