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

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Village · Namchi, South District 

# Dhargaon

Dhargaon is a village in Namchi sub-district of South District district, Sikkim. The 2011 Census counted **399 people in 81 households**, the 78th largest of 94 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 87.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 81.5%.

- 399people (2011)
- 81households
- 87.7%literacy
- 1,036females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dhargaon

Of every 100 households in Dhargaon in 2011, 82 had electricity, 72 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 27 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dhargaon · ■ Namchi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****82%**

**93%

Toilet within the home ****72%**

**85%

No toilet (open defecation) ****28%**

**15%

Tap water ****94%**

**90%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**51%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**27%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**70%

Use banking services ****62%**

**60%

Television ****27%**

**46%

Mobile phone ****27%**

**64%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**5%

None of these assets ****47%**

**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 Dhargaon?

■ Dhargaon · ■ Namchi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****87.7%**

**81.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1036**

**918

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1333**

**975

Working population ****89.2%**

**52.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.6% for men and 83.8% for women. 91% of men and 88% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 118 (33%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 2 (1%) · **■** Marginal 235 (66%)

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

- Sorok474 people
- Omchu453 people
- Suntaley410 people
- Burul405 people
- Chemchey393 people
- Rabikhola373 people
- Singhithang338 people
- Donok302 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dhargaon?399 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dhargaon in?South District district (Namchi sub-district), Sikkim
- What is the literacy rate of Dhargaon?87.7% (Census 2011)