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

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Village · Gangtok, East District 

# Samdong

Samdong is a village in Gangtok sub-district of East District district, Sikkim. The 2011 Census counted **2,125 people in 481 households**, the 15th largest of 70 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 81.3%.

- 2,125people (2011)
- 481households
- 80.4%literacy
- 950females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Samdong

Of every 100 households in Samdong in 2011, 82 had electricity, 76 a toilet at home and 28 cooked with LPG; 68 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Samdong · ■ Gangtok rural average

Electricity for lighting ****82%**

**91%

Toilet within the home ****76%**

**86%

No toilet (open defecation) ****23%**

**13%

Tap water ****94%**

**77%

Drinking water within premises ****56%**

**36%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****28%**

**33%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****68%**

**61%

Use banking services ****48%**

**54%

Television ****38%**

**52%

Mobile phone ****68%**

**68%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**3%

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

**6%

None of these assets ****24%**

**18%

Own their home ****55%**

**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 Samdong?

■ Samdong · ■ Gangtok rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.4%**

**81.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****950**

**801

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1223**

**964

Working population ****53.6%**

**55.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.8% for men and 74.5% for women. 61% of men and 46% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 436 (38%) · **■** Farm labourers 191 (17%) · **■** Household industry 10 (1%) · **■** Other work 253 (22%) · **■** Marginal 249 (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

- Rakdong2,409 people
- Samlik-Marchak2,306 people
- Patuk2,236 people
- Dung-Dung2,194 people
- Lingzey2,055 people
- Luing2,019 people
- Singbel1,979 people
- Shyagyong-Rumtek1,897 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Samdong?2,125 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Samdong in?East District district (Gangtok sub-district), Sikkim
- What is the literacy rate of Samdong?80.4% (Census 2011)