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

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Village · Gangtok, East District 

# Sherwani

Sherwani is a village in Gangtok sub-district of East District district, Sikkim. The 2011 Census counted **1,489 people in 304 households**, the 26th largest of 70 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 81.3%.

- 1,489people (2011)
- 304households
- 82.5%literacy
- 880females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sherwani

Of every 100 households in Sherwani in 2011, 77 had electricity, 76 a toilet at home and 20 cooked with LPG; 78 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Sherwani · ■ Gangtok rural average

Electricity for lighting ****77%**

**91%

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

**86%

No toilet (open defecation) ****4%**

**13%

Tap water ****90%**

**77%

Drinking water within premises ****50%**

**36%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****20%**

**33%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****67%**

**61%

Use banking services ****48%**

**54%

Television ****38%**

**52%

Mobile phone ****78%**

**68%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**3%

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

**6%

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

**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 Sherwani?

■ Sherwani · ■ Gangtok rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****82.5%**

**81.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****880**

**801

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1176**

**964

Working population ****44.0%**

**55.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.9% for men and 72.5% for women. 55% of men and 31% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 3 (0%) · **■** Farm labourers 6 (1%) · **■** Household industry 6 (1%) · **■** Other work 254 (39%) · **■** Marginal 386 (59%)

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

- Assam1,686 people
- Khamdong1,669 people
- Rawate-Rumtek1,573 people
- Shotak1,541 people
- Tshalumthang1,405 people
- Sumen1,305 people
- Barbing1,276 people
- Naitam1,265 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sherwani?1,489 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sherwani in?East District district (Gangtok sub-district), Sikkim
- What is the literacy rate of Sherwani?82.5% (Census 2011)