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

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Village · Namchi, South District 

# Kamarey

Kamarey is a village in Namchi sub-district of South District district, Sikkim. The 2011 Census counted **830 people in 173 households**, the 45th largest of 94 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 81.5%.

- 830people (2011)
- 173households
- 78.7%literacy
- 1,019females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kamarey

Of every 100 households in Kamarey in 2011, 99 had electricity, 98 a toilet at home and 13 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Kamarey · ■ Namchi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****99%**

**93%

Toilet within the home ****98%**

**85%

No toilet (open defecation) ****2%**

**15%

Tap water ****85%**

**90%

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

**51%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****13%**

**27%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****87%**

**70%

Use banking services ****31%**

**60%

Television ****48%**

**46%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**64%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**5%

None of these assets ****35%**

**23%

Own their home ****95%**

**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 Kamarey?

■ Kamarey · ■ Namchi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.7%**

**81.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1019**

**918

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1351**

**975

Working population ****57.5%**

**52.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.3% for men and 72.1% for women. 62% of men and 53% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 120 (25%) · **■** Farm labourers 7 (1%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 115 (24%) · **■** Marginal 234 (49%)

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

- Sangbung874 people
- Tanak857 people
- Salghari850 people
- Ramabong844 people
- Phalidara808 people
- Assangthang785 people
- Wak781 people
- Tangji774 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kamarey?830 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kamarey in?South District district (Namchi sub-district), Sikkim
- What is the literacy rate of Kamarey?78.7% (Census 2011)