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

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Village · Namchi, South District 

# Kopchey

Kopchey is a village in Namchi sub-district of South District district, Sikkim. The 2011 Census counted **727 people in 168 households**, the 53rd largest of 94 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 81.5%.

- 727people (2011)
- 168households
- 83.6%literacy
- 1,107females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kopchey

Of every 100 households in Kopchey in 2011, 96 had electricity, 90 a toilet at home and 50 cooked with LPG; 73 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 15 a car.

■ Kopchey · ■ Namchi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****96%**

**93%

Toilet within the home ****90%**

**85%

No toilet (open defecation) ****10%**

**15%

Tap water ****78%**

**90%

Drinking water within premises ****54%**

**51%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****50%**

**27%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****44%**

**70%

Use banking services ****59%**

**60%

Television ****50%**

**46%

Mobile phone ****73%**

**64%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****15%**

**5%

None of these assets ****21%**

**23%

Own their home ****70%**

**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 Kopchey?

■ Kopchey · ■ Namchi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****83.6%**

**81.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1107**

**918

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****738**

**975

Working population ****52.8%**

**52.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.5% for men and 81.2% for women. 59% of men and 47% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 113 (29%) · **■** Farm labourers 11 (3%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 177 (46%) · **■** Marginal 82 (21%)

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

- Tangji774 people
- Chuba772 people
- Dorop765 people
- Rabitar753 people
- Mikkhola687 people
- Phong680 people
- Kerabari670 people
- Chumlok622 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kopchey?727 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kopchey in?South District district (Namchi sub-district), Sikkim
- What is the literacy rate of Kopchey?83.6% (Census 2011)