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

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Village · Namchi, South District 

# Kitam

Kitam is a village in Namchi sub-district of South District district, Sikkim. The 2011 Census counted **1,036 people in 213 households**, the 25th largest of 94 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 85.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 81.5%.

- 1,036people (2011)
- 213households
- 85.3%literacy
- 1,064females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kitam

Of every 100 households in Kitam in 2011, 96 had electricity, 95 a toilet at home and 49 cooked with LPG; 79 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 8 a car.

■ Kitam · ■ Namchi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****96%**

**93%

Toilet within the home ****95%**

**85%

No toilet (open defecation) ****4%**

**15%

Tap water ****84%**

**90%

Drinking water within premises ****51%**

**51%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****49%**

**27%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****48%**

**70%

Use banking services ****70%**

**60%

Television ****61%**

**46%

Mobile phone ****79%**

**64%

Computer with internet ****3%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****8%**

**5%

None of these assets ****16%**

**23%

Own their home ****84%**

**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 Kitam?

■ Kitam · ■ Namchi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****85.3%**

**81.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1064**

**918

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1128**

**975

Working population ****51.4%**

**52.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.5% for men and 81.3% for women. 56% of men and 47% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 246 (46%) · **■** Farm labourers 19 (4%) · **■** Household industry 15 (3%) · **■** Other work 184 (35%) · **■** Marginal 68 (13%)

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

- Sumbuk1,069 people
- Doring1,064 people
- Paiyong1,054 people
- Turuk1,050 people
- Kateng-Bokrang1,021 people
- Nalam-Kolbong1,013 people
- Maniram990 people
- Nagi988 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kitam?1,036 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kitam in?South District district (Namchi sub-district), Sikkim
- What is the literacy rate of Kitam?85.3% (Census 2011)