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

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Village · Rongli, East District 

# Tarpin

Tarpin is a village in Rongli sub-district of East District district, Sikkim. The 2011 Census counted **1,858 people in 375 households**, the 4th largest of 17 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 77.6%.

- 1,858people (2011)
- 375households
- 80.6%literacy
- 1,024females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Tarpin

Of every 100 households in Tarpin in 2011, 90 had electricity, 83 a toilet at home and 19 cooked with LPG; 66 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 12 a car.

■ Tarpin · ■ Rongli rural average

Electricity for lighting ****90%**

**92%

Toilet within the home ****83%**

**87%

No toilet (open defecation) ****17%**

**12%

Tap water ****65%**

**84%

Drinking water within premises ****41%**

**49%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****19%**

**30%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****79%**

**65%

Use banking services ****66%**

**69%

Television ****51%**

**54%

Mobile phone ****66%**

**70%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****12%**

**6%

None of these assets ****17%**

**19%

Own their home ****91%**

**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 Tarpin?

■ Tarpin · ■ Rongli rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.6%**

**77.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1024**

**946

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1171**

**987

Working population ****56.3%**

**45.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.5% for men and 74.7% for women. 61% of men and 52% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 161 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 70 (7%) · **■** Household industry 7 (1%) · **■** Other work 424 (41%) · **■** Marginal 384 (37%)

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
- Aritar3,175 people
- Dholepchen2,553 people
- Subanedara1,749 people
- Lingtam1,347 people
- North Rhegoh1,308 people
- Sudunglakha957 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Tarpin?1,858 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tarpin in?East District district (Rongli sub-district), Sikkim
- What is the literacy rate of Tarpin?80.6% (Census 2011)