# Bikmat Village, Namchi, South District (Sikkim) – Population

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Village · Namchi, South District 

# Bikmat

Bikmat is a village in Namchi sub-district of South District district, Sikkim. The 2011 Census counted **621 people in 131 households**, the 58th largest of 94 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 81.5%.

- 621people (2011)
- 131households
- 83.6%literacy
- 899females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bikmat

Of every 100 households in Bikmat in 2011, 94 had electricity, 93 a toilet at home and 53 cooked with LPG; 85 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 8 a car.

■ Bikmat · ■ Namchi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****94%**

**93%

Toilet within the home ****93%**

**85%

No toilet (open defecation) ****7%**

**15%

Tap water ****100%**

**90%

Drinking water within premises ****83%**

**51%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****53%**

**27%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****47%**

**70%

Use banking services ****97%**

**60%

Television ****46%**

**46%

Mobile phone ****85%**

**64%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**3%

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

**5%

None of these assets ****12%**

**23%

Own their home ****96%**

**79%

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 Bikmat?

■ Bikmat · ■ Namchi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****83.6%**

**81.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****899**

**918

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****696**

**975

Working population ****39.0%**

**52.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.9% for men and 79.0% for women. 56% of men and 20% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 86 (36%) · **■** Farm labourers 8 (3%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 72 (30%) · **■** Marginal 75 (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 Namchi

- Mikkhola687 people
- Phong680 people
- Kerabari670 people
- Chumlok622 people
- Kanamtek612 people
- Damthang608 people
- Saleumbong606 people
- Pabong603 people

[All 98 villages in Namchi](https://wherepedia.org/india/sikkim/south-district/namchi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bikmat?621 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bikmat in?South District district (Namchi sub-district), Sikkim
- What is the literacy rate of Bikmat?83.6% (Census 2011)