# Namcheybung Village, Pakyong, East District (Sikkim)

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Village · Pakyong, East District 

# Namcheybung

Namcheybung is a village in Pakyong sub-district of East District district, Sikkim. The 2011 Census counted **5,128 people in 1,126 households**, the 1st largest of 27 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 77.8%.

- 5,128people (2011)
- 1,126households
- 78.7%literacy
- 897females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Namcheybung

Of every 100 households in Namcheybung in 2011, 96 had electricity, 90 a toilet at home and 46 cooked with LPG; 77 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 8 a car.

■ Namcheybung · ■ Pakyong rural average

Electricity for lighting ****96%**

**91%

Toilet within the home ****90%**

**86%

No toilet (open defecation) ****10%**

**13%

Tap water ****88%**

**83%

Drinking water within premises ****54%**

**37%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****46%**

**31%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****49%**

**66%

Use banking services ****78%**

**64%

Television ****63%**

**54%

Mobile phone ****77%**

**71%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**2%

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

**5%

None of these assets ****14%**

**16%

Own their home ****66%**

**76%

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 Namcheybung?

■ Namcheybung · ■ Pakyong rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.7%**

**77.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****897**

**936

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1015**

**1014

Working population ****56.0%**

**54.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.0% for men and 75.0% for women. 63% of men and 48% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 506 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 411 (14%) · **■** Household industry 26 (1%) · **■** Other work 1,406 (49%) · **■** Marginal 521 (18%)

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 Pakyong

- Kartok2,973 people
- Pachey2,953 people
- Pacheykhani2,264 people
- Amba2,193 people

[All 29 villages in Pakyong](https://wherepedia.org/india/sikkim/east-district/pakyong/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Namcheybung?5,128 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Namcheybung in?East District district (Pakyong sub-district), Sikkim
- What is the literacy rate of Namcheybung?78.7% (Census 2011)