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

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Village · Namchi, South District 

# Damthang

Damthang is a village in Namchi sub-district of South District district, Sikkim. The 2011 Census counted **608 people in 126 households**, the 60th largest of 94 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 81.5%.

- 608people (2011)
- 126households
- 83.2%literacy
- 837females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Damthang

Of every 100 households in Damthang in 2011, 98 had electricity, 59 a toilet at home and 17 cooked with LPG; 59 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 7 a car.

■ Damthang · ■ Namchi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****98%**

**93%

Toilet within the home ****59%**

**85%

No toilet (open defecation) ****41%**

**15%

Tap water ****99%**

**90%

Drinking water within premises ****34%**

**51%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****17%**

**27%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****83%**

**70%

Use banking services ****29%**

**60%

Television ****60%**

**46%

Mobile phone ****59%**

**64%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****7%**

**5%

None of these assets ****22%**

**23%

Own their home ****90%**

**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 Damthang?

■ Damthang · ■ Namchi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****83.2%**

**81.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****837**

**918

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****585**

**975

Working population ****62.3%**

**52.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.6% for men and 79.4% for women. 68% of men and 55% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 137 (36%) · **■** Farm labourers 9 (2%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 68 (18%) · **■** Marginal 163 (43%)

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

- Kerabari670 people
- Chumlok622 people
- Bikmat621 people
- Kanamtek612 people
- Saleumbong606 people
- Pabong603 people
- Rong589 people
- Jaubari579 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Damthang?608 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Damthang in?South District district (Namchi sub-district), Sikkim
- What is the literacy rate of Damthang?83.2% (Census 2011)