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

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Village · Gangtok, East District 

# Sumen

Sumen is a village in Gangtok sub-district of East District district, Sikkim. The 2011 Census counted **1,305 people in 244 households**, the 28th largest of 70 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 56.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 81.3%.

- 1,305people (2011)
- 244households
- 56.4%literacy
- 919females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sumen

Of every 100 households in Sumen in 2011, 86 had electricity, 86 a toilet at home and 10 cooked with LPG; 60 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Sumen · ■ Gangtok rural average

Electricity for lighting ****86%**

**91%

Toilet within the home ****86%**

**86%

No toilet (open defecation) ****13%**

**13%

Tap water ****80%**

**77%

Drinking water within premises ****17%**

**36%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****10%**

**33%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****87%**

**61%

Use banking services ****27%**

**54%

Television ****39%**

**52%

Mobile phone ****60%**

**68%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**6%

None of these assets ****25%**

**18%

Own their home ****75%**

**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 Sumen?

■ Sumen · ■ Gangtok rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****56.4%**

**81.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****919**

**801

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****800**

**964

Working population ****46.0%**

**55.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 61.0% for men and 51.5% for women. 54% of men and 38% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 85 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 31 (5%) · **■** Household industry 21 (4%) · **■** Other work 62 (10%) · **■** Marginal 401 (67%)

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

- Rawate-Rumtek1,573 people
- Shotak1,541 people
- Sherwani1,489 people
- Tshalumthang1,405 people
- Barbing1,276 people
- Naitam1,265 people
- Phengyong1,256 people
- Namli1,203 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sumen?1,305 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sumen in?East District district (Gangtok sub-district), Sikkim
- What is the literacy rate of Sumen?56.4% (Census 2011)