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

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Village · Gangtok, East District 

# Tumen

Tumen is a village in Gangtok sub-district of East District district, Sikkim. The 2011 Census counted **2,974 people in 589 households**, the 8th largest of 70 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 81.3%.

- 2,974people (2011)
- 589households
- 70.1%literacy
- 954females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Tumen

Of every 100 households in Tumen in 2011, 90 had electricity, 87 a toilet at home and 10 cooked with LPG; 72 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Tumen · ■ Gangtok rural average

Electricity for lighting ****90%**

**91%

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

**86%

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

**13%

Tap water ****78%**

**77%

Drinking water within premises ****56%**

**36%

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

**33%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****89%**

**61%

Use banking services ****45%**

**54%

Television ****32%**

**52%

Mobile phone ****72%**

**68%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**3%

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

**6%

None of these assets ****21%**

**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 Tumen?

■ Tumen · ■ Gangtok rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.1%**

**81.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****954**

**801

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****888**

**964

Working population ****60.3%**

**55.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.7% for men and 66.3% for women. 64% of men and 57% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 668 (37%) · **■** Farm labourers 193 (11%) · **■** Household industry 9 (1%) · **■** Other work 374 (21%) · **■** Marginal 548 (31%)

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

- Syari3,826 people
- Martam3,720 people
- Nandok3,604 people
- Rongyek3,169 people
- Chisopani2,719 people
- Lingdum2,589 people
- Rakdong2,409 people
- Samlik-Marchak2,306 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Tumen?2,974 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tumen in?East District district (Gangtok sub-district), Sikkim
- What is the literacy rate of Tumen?70.1% (Census 2011)