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

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Village · Namchi, South District 

# Karek

Karek is a village in Namchi sub-district of South District district, Sikkim. The 2011 Census counted **1,177 people in 226 households**, the 15th largest of 94 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 81.5%.

- 1,177people (2011)
- 226households
- 77.4%literacy
- 874females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Karek

Of every 100 households in Karek in 2011, 84 had electricity, 68 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Karek · ■ Namchi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****84%**

**93%

Toilet within the home ****68%**

**85%

No toilet (open defecation) ****32%**

**15%

Tap water ****60%**

**90%

Drinking water within premises ****43%**

**51%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**27%

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

**70%

Use banking services ****77%**

**60%

Television ****24%**

**46%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**64%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**5%

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

**23%

Own their home ****83%**

**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 Karek?

■ Karek · ■ Namchi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.4%**

**81.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****874**

**918

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****823**

**975

Working population ****52.6%**

**52.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.2% for men and 67.6% for women. 61% of men and 43% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 195 (32%) · **■** Farm labourers 5 (1%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 78 (13%) · **■** Marginal 337 (54%)

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

- Pamphok1,269 people
- Rateypani1,269 people
- Sukrabarey1,203 people
- Temi1,195 people
- Gom1,163 people
- Rashyap1,129 people
- Suntaley1,125 people
- Turung1,121 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Karek?1,177 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Karek in?South District district (Namchi sub-district), Sikkim
- What is the literacy rate of Karek?77.4% (Census 2011)