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

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Village · Gangtok, East District 

# Tirkutam

Tirkutam is a village in Gangtok sub-district of East District district, Sikkim. The 2011 Census counted **327 people in 62 households**, the 63rd largest of 70 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 81.3%.

- 327people (2011)
- 62households
- 76.5%literacy
- 890females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Tirkutam

Of every 100 households in Tirkutam in 2011, 92 had electricity, 89 a toilet at home and 14 cooked with LPG; 68 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 8 a car.

■ Tirkutam · ■ Gangtok rural average

Electricity for lighting ****92%**

**91%

Toilet within the home ****89%**

**86%

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

**13%

Tap water ****100%**

**77%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**36%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****14%**

**33%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****86%**

**61%

Use banking services ****76%**

**54%

Television ****43%**

**52%

Mobile phone ****68%**

**68%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****8%**

**6%

None of these assets ****16%**

**18%

Own their home ****64%**

**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 Tirkutam?

■ Tirkutam · ■ Gangtok rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.5%**

**81.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****890**

**801

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****700**

**964

Working population ****49.8%**

**55.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.0% for men and 67.1% for women. 56% of men and 43% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 19 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 37 (23%) · **■** Household industry 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 32 (20%) · **■** Marginal 74 (45%)

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

- Lingzey384 people
- Tumlabung383 people
- Bhusuk374 people
- Gangtok Forest Block352 people
- Namin304 people
- Simik302 people
- Chadey256 people
- Rangpo Forest Block249 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Tirkutam?327 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tirkutam in?East District district (Gangtok sub-district), Sikkim
- What is the literacy rate of Tirkutam?76.5% (Census 2011)