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

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Village · Gangtok, East District 

# Shotak

Shotak is a village in Gangtok sub-district of East District district, Sikkim. The 2011 Census counted **1,541 people in 209 households**, the 25th largest of 70 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 88.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 81.3%.

- 1,541people (2011)
- 209households
- 88.2%literacy
- 232females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shotak

Of every 100 households in Shotak in 2011, 72 had electricity, 80 a toilet at home and 26 cooked with LPG; 60 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 7 a car.

■ Shotak · ■ Gangtok rural average

Electricity for lighting ****72%**

**91%

Toilet within the home ****80%**

**86%

No toilet (open defecation) ****20%**

**13%

Tap water ****62%**

**77%

Drinking water within premises ****31%**

**36%

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

**33%

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

**61%

Use banking services ****46%**

**54%

Television ****48%**

**52%

Mobile phone ****60%**

**68%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****7%**

**6%

None of these assets ****30%**

**18%

Own their home ****36%**

**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 Shotak?

■ Shotak · ■ Gangtok rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****88.2%**

**81.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****232**

**801

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**964

Working population ****78.9%**

**55.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.7% for men and 71.3% for women. 90% of men and 32% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 21 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 24 (2%) · **■** Other work 946 (78%) · **■** Marginal 225 (19%)

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

- Raley-Khese1,712 people
- Assam1,686 people
- Khamdong1,669 people
- Rawate-Rumtek1,573 people
- Sherwani1,489 people
- Tshalumthang1,405 people
- Sumen1,305 people
- Barbing1,276 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shotak?1,541 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shotak in?East District district (Gangtok sub-district), Sikkim
- What is the literacy rate of Shotak?88.2% (Census 2011)