# Aritar Village, Rongli, East District (Sikkim) – Population

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Village · Rongli, East District 

# Aritar

Aritar is a village in Rongli sub-district of East District district, Sikkim. The 2011 Census counted **3,175 people in 714 households**, the 2nd largest of 17 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 77.6%.

- 3,175people (2011)
- 714households
- 82.9%literacy
- 983females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Aritar

Of every 100 households in Aritar in 2011, 96 had electricity, 89 a toilet at home and 35 cooked with LPG; 72 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Aritar · ■ Rongli rural average

Electricity for lighting ****96%**

**92%

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

**87%

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

**12%

Tap water ****86%**

**84%

Drinking water within premises ****70%**

**49%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****35%**

**30%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****64%**

**65%

Use banking services ****79%**

**69%

Television ****59%**

**54%

Mobile phone ****72%**

**70%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****5%**

**6%

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

**19%

Own their home ****79%**

**78%

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 Aritar?

■ Aritar · ■ Rongli rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****82.9%**

**77.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****983**

**946

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****855**

**987

Working population ****44.0%**

**45.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.0% for men and 77.7% for women. 50% of men and 38% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 342 (24%) · **■** Farm labourers 152 (11%) · **■** Household industry 27 (2%) · **■** Other work 455 (33%) · **■** Marginal 421 (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 Rongli

- Chujachen4,781 people
- Dholepchen2,553 people
- Tarpin1,858 people
- Subanedara1,749 people
- Lingtam1,347 people

[All 19 villages in Rongli](https://wherepedia.org/india/sikkim/east-district/rongli/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Aritar?3,175 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Aritar in?East District district (Rongli sub-district), Sikkim
- What is the literacy rate of Aritar?82.9% (Census 2011)