# Barfok Village, Mangan, North District (Sikkim) – Population & Literacy, Census 2011

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Village · Mangan, North District 

# Barfok

Barfok is a village in Mangan sub-district of North District district, Sikkim. The 2011 Census counted **586 people in 111 households**, the 26th largest of 44 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 76.6%.

- 586people (2011)
- 111households
- 80.8%literacy
- 909females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Barfok

Of every 100 households in Barfok in 2011, 74 had electricity, 70 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 62 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Barfok · ■ Mangan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****74%**

**85%

Toilet within the home ****70%**

**74%

No toilet (open defecation) ****30%**

**24%

Tap water ****94%**

**70%

Drinking water within premises ****26%**

**28%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**20%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**77%

Use banking services ****32%**

**66%

Television ****33%**

**41%

Mobile phone ****62%**

**63%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**5%

None of these assets ****26%**

**26%

Own their home ****94%**

**72%

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 Barfok?

■ Barfok · ■ Mangan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.8%**

**76.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****909**

**892

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****944**

**958

Working population ****50.0%**

**50.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.7% for men and 74.3% for women. 53% of men and 46% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 82 (28%) · **■** Farm labourers 38 (13%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 50 (17%) · **■** Marginal 119 (41%)

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 Mangan

- Kazor642 people
- Sangtok639 people
- Labi626 people
- Namok588 people
- Chawang579 people
- Tingda487 people
- Naga-Namgor484 people
- Ramthamg438 people

[All 46 villages in Mangan](https://wherepedia.org/india/sikkim/north-district/mangan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Barfok?586 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Barfok in?North District district (Mangan sub-district), Sikkim
- What is the literacy rate of Barfok?80.8% (Census 2011)