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

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Village · Gangtok, East District 

# Simik

Simik is a village in Gangtok sub-district of East District district, Sikkim. The 2011 Census counted **302 people in 55 households**, the 65th largest of 70 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 92.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 81.3%.

- 302people (2011)
- 55households
- 92.2%literacy
- 776females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Simik

Of every 100 households in Simik in 2011, 96 had electricity, 87 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 68 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Simik · ■ Gangtok rural average

Electricity for lighting ****96%**

**91%

Toilet within the home ****87%**

**86%

No toilet (open defecation) ****11%**

**13%

Tap water ****100%**

**77%

Drinking water within premises ****45%**

**36%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**33%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**61%

Use banking services ****17%**

**54%

Television ****23%**

**52%

Mobile phone ****68%**

**68%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**3%

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

**6%

None of these assets ****19%**

**18%

Own their home ****94%**

**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 Simik?

■ Simik · ■ Gangtok rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****92.2%**

**81.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****776**

**801

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****684**

**964

Working population ****59.6%**

**55.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 96.7% for men and 86.6% for women. 59% of men and 61% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 145 (81%) · **■** Other work 25 (14%) · **■** Marginal 10 (6%)

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

- Bhusuk374 people
- Gangtok Forest Block352 people
- Tirkutam327 people
- Namin304 people
- Chadey256 people
- Rangpo Forest Block249 people
- Pam94 people
- Kyongnosla Forest Block46 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Simik?302 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Simik in?East District district (Gangtok sub-district), Sikkim
- What is the literacy rate of Simik?92.2% (Census 2011)