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

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Village · Gangtok, East District 

# Singbel

Singbel is a village in Gangtok sub-district of East District district, Sikkim. The 2011 Census counted **1,979 people in 388 households**, the 18th largest of 70 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 81.3%.

- 1,979people (2011)
- 388households
- 76.2%literacy
- 971females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Singbel

Of every 100 households in Singbel in 2011, 86 had electricity, 75 a toilet at home and 21 cooked with LPG; 49 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Singbel · ■ Gangtok rural average

Electricity for lighting ****86%**

**91%

Toilet within the home ****75%**

**86%

No toilet (open defecation) ****24%**

**13%

Tap water ****48%**

**77%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**36%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****21%**

**33%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****77%**

**61%

Use banking services ****43%**

**54%

Television ****36%**

**52%

Mobile phone ****49%**

**68%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**3%

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

**6%

None of these assets ****43%**

**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 Singbel?

■ Singbel · ■ Gangtok rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.2%**

**81.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****971**

**801

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1047**

**964

Working population ****60.0%**

**55.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.3% for men and 69.8% for women. 61% of men and 59% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 512 (43%) · **■** Farm labourers 74 (6%) · **■** Household industry 8 (1%) · **■** Other work 241 (20%) · **■** Marginal 353 (30%)

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

- Dung-Dung2,194 people
- Samdong2,125 people
- Lingzey2,055 people
- Luing2,019 people
- Shyagyong-Rumtek1,897 people
- Tintek1,778 people
- Raley-Khese1,712 people
- Assam1,686 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Singbel?1,979 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Singbel in?East District district (Gangtok sub-district), Sikkim
- What is the literacy rate of Singbel?76.2% (Census 2011)