# Doring Village, Namchi, South District (Sikkim) – Population & Literacy, Census 2011

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Village · Namchi, South District 

# Doring

Doring is a village in Namchi sub-district of South District district, Sikkim. The 2011 Census counted **1,064 people in 254 households**, the 22nd largest of 94 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 81.5%.

- 1,064people (2011)
- 254households
- 83.9%literacy
- 1,000females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Doring

Of every 100 households in Doring in 2011, 92 had electricity, 94 a toilet at home and 47 cooked with LPG; 81 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 23 a car.

■ Doring · ■ Namchi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****92%**

**93%

Toilet within the home ****94%**

**85%

No toilet (open defecation) ****3%**

**15%

Tap water ****98%**

**90%

Drinking water within premises ****73%**

**51%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****47%**

**27%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****46%**

**70%

Use banking services ****76%**

**60%

Television ****54%**

**46%

Mobile phone ****81%**

**64%

Computer with internet ****17%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****23%**

**5%

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

**23%

Own their home ****30%**

**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 Doring?

■ Doring · ■ Namchi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****83.9%**

**81.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1000**

**918

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1059**

**975

Working population ****38.1%**

**52.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.9% for men and 79.9% for women. 53% of men and 23% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 65 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 30 (7%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 261 (64%) · **■** Marginal 48 (12%)

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

- Suntaley1,125 people
- Turung1,121 people
- Mamley1,079 people
- Sumbuk1,069 people
- Paiyong1,054 people
- Turuk1,050 people
- Kitam1,036 people
- Kateng-Bokrang1,021 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Doring?1,064 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Doring in?South District district (Namchi sub-district), Sikkim
- What is the literacy rate of Doring?83.9% (Census 2011)