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

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Village · Namchi, South District 

# Dorop

Dorop is a village in Namchi sub-district of South District district, Sikkim. The 2011 Census counted **765 people in 156 households**, the 51st largest of 94 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 89.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 81.5%.

- 765people (2011)
- 156households
- 89.3%literacy
- 1,102females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dorop

Of every 100 households in Dorop in 2011, 96 had electricity, 93 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Dorop · ■ Namchi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****96%**

**93%

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

**85%

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

**15%

Tap water ****98%**

**90%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**51%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**27%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**70%

Use banking services ****98%**

**60%

Television ****37%**

**46%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**64%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**5%

None of these assets ****45%**

**23%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Dorop?

■ Dorop · ■ Namchi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****89.3%**

**81.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1102**

**918

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**975

Working population ****58.3%**

**52.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.0% for men and 85.1% for women. 63% of men and 54% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 263 (59%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (0%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 72 (16%) · **■** Marginal 106 (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

- Assangthang785 people
- Wak781 people
- Tangji774 people
- Chuba772 people
- Rabitar753 people
- Kopchey727 people
- Mikkhola687 people
- Phong680 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dorop?765 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dorop in?South District district (Namchi sub-district), Sikkim
- What is the literacy rate of Dorop?89.3% (Census 2011)