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

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Village · Namchi, South District 

# Chemchey

Chemchey is a village in Namchi sub-district of South District district, Sikkim. The 2011 Census counted **393 people in 74 households**, the 79th largest of 94 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 89.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 81.5%.

- 393people (2011)
- 74households
- 89.9%literacy
- 880females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chemchey

Of every 100 households in Chemchey in 2011, 92 had electricity, 99 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 78 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 11 a car.

■ Chemchey · ■ Namchi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****92%**

**93%

Toilet within the home ****99%**

**85%

No toilet (open defecation) ****1%**

**15%

Tap water ****99%**

**90%

Drinking water within premises ****52%**

**51%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**27%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**70%

Use banking services ****53%**

**60%

Television ****44%**

**46%

Mobile phone ****78%**

**64%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****11%**

**5%

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

**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 Chemchey?

■ Chemchey · ■ Namchi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****89.9%**

**81.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****880**

**918

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1111**

**975

Working population ****81.7%**

**52.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.8% for men and 84.1% for women. 79% of men and 85% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 230 (72%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 11 (3%) · **■** Marginal 78 (24%)

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

- Omchu453 people
- Suntaley410 people
- Burul405 people
- Dhargaon399 people
- Rabikhola373 people
- Singhithang338 people
- Donok302 people
- Majhitar Forest Block298 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chemchey?393 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chemchey in?South District district (Namchi sub-district), Sikkim
- What is the literacy rate of Chemchey?89.9% (Census 2011)