# Samlik-Marchak Village, Gangtok, East District (Sikkim)

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Village · Gangtok, East District 

# Samlik-Marchak

Samlik-Marchak is a village in Gangtok sub-district of East District district, Sikkim. The 2011 Census counted **2,306 people in 466 households**, the 12th largest of 70 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 81.3%.

- 2,306people (2011)
- 466households
- 83.0%literacy
- 873females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Samlik-Marchak

Of every 100 households in Samlik-Marchak in 2011, 96 had electricity, 91 a toilet at home and 54 cooked with LPG; 77 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 11 a car.

■ Samlik-Marchak · ■ Gangtok rural average

Electricity for lighting ****96%**

**91%

Toilet within the home ****91%**

**86%

No toilet (open defecation) ****8%**

**13%

Tap water ****91%**

**77%

Drinking water within premises ****44%**

**36%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****54%**

**33%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****41%**

**61%

Use banking services ****67%**

**54%

Television ****67%**

**52%

Mobile phone ****77%**

**68%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****11%**

**6%

None of these assets ****12%**

**18%

Own their home ****63%**

**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 Samlik-Marchak?

■ Samlik-Marchak · ■ Gangtok rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****83.0%**

**81.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****873**

**801

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****918**

**964

Working population ****54.6%**

**55.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.7% for men and 77.5% for women. 61% of men and 48% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 423 (34%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (0%) · **■** Household industry 20 (2%) · **■** Other work 658 (52%) · **■** Marginal 155 (12%)

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

- Tumen2,974 people
- Chisopani2,719 people
- Lingdum2,589 people
- Rakdong2,409 people
- Patuk2,236 people
- Dung-Dung2,194 people
- Samdong2,125 people
- Lingzey2,055 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Samlik-Marchak?2,306 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Samlik-Marchak in?East District district (Gangtok sub-district), Sikkim
- What is the literacy rate of Samlik-Marchak?83.0% (Census 2011)