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

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Village · Gangtok, East District 

# Ranka

Ranka is a village in Gangtok sub-district of East District district, Sikkim. The 2011 Census counted **609 people in 135 households**, the 45th largest of 70 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 81.3%.

- 609people (2011)
- 135households
- 77.0%literacy
- 990females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ranka

Of every 100 households in Ranka in 2011, 98 had electricity, 97 a toilet at home and 26 cooked with LPG; 71 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Ranka · ■ Gangtok rural average

Electricity for lighting ****98%**

**91%

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

**86%

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

**13%

Tap water ****85%**

**77%

Drinking water within premises ****85%**

**36%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****26%**

**33%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****73%**

**61%

Use banking services ****65%**

**54%

Television ****63%**

**52%

Mobile phone ****71%**

**68%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**6%

None of these assets ****15%**

**18%

Own their home ****90%**

**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 Ranka?

■ Ranka · ■ Gangtok rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.0%**

**81.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****990**

**801

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**964

Working population ****54.2%**

**55.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.0% for men and 72.0% for women. 61% of men and 47% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 104 (32%) · **■** Farm labourers 9 (3%) · **■** Other work 120 (36%) · **■** Marginal 97 (29%)

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

- Sangtong822 people
- Nazitam810 people
- Navey678 people
- Budang Thangsing677 people
- Rey594 people
- Mangthang575 people
- Aritar556 people
- Temphyak Mendu552 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ranka?609 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ranka in?East District district (Gangtok sub-district), Sikkim
- What is the literacy rate of Ranka?77.0% (Census 2011)