# Rawate-Rumtek Village, Gangtok, East District (Sikkim)

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Village · Gangtok, East District 

# Rawate-Rumtek

Rawate-Rumtek is a village in Gangtok sub-district of East District district, Sikkim. The 2011 Census counted **1,573 people in 346 households**, the 24th largest of 70 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 86.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 81.3%.

- 1,573people (2011)
- 346households
- 86.3%literacy
- 944females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Rawate-Rumtek

Of every 100 households in Rawate-Rumtek in 2011, 97 had electricity, 97 a toilet at home and 56 cooked with LPG; 79 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 18 a car.

■ Rawate-Rumtek · ■ Gangtok rural average

Electricity for lighting ****97%**

**91%

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

**86%

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

**13%

Tap water ****66%**

**77%

Drinking water within premises ****32%**

**36%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****56%**

**33%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****38%**

**61%

Use banking services ****70%**

**54%

Television ****73%**

**52%

Mobile phone ****79%**

**68%

Computer with internet ****11%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****18%**

**6%

None of these assets ****9%**

**18%

Own their home ****65%**

**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 Rawate-Rumtek?

■ Rawate-Rumtek · ■ Gangtok rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****86.3%**

**81.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****944**

**801

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****933**

**964

Working population ****46.8%**

**55.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.7% for men and 81.6% for women. 56% of men and 37% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 40 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 42 (6%) · **■** Household industry 8 (1%) · **■** Other work 483 (66%) · **■** Marginal 163 (22%)

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

- Tintek1,778 people
- Raley-Khese1,712 people
- Assam1,686 people
- Khamdong1,669 people
- Shotak1,541 people
- Sherwani1,489 people
- Tshalumthang1,405 people
- Sumen1,305 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Rawate-Rumtek?1,573 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rawate-Rumtek in?East District district (Gangtok sub-district), Sikkim
- What is the literacy rate of Rawate-Rumtek?86.3% (Census 2011)