# Nalam-Kolbong Village, Namchi, South District (Sikkim)

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Village · Namchi, South District 

# Nalam-Kolbong

Nalam-Kolbong is a village in Namchi sub-district of South District district, Sikkim. The 2011 Census counted **1,013 people in 221 households**, the 27th largest of 94 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 89.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 81.5%.

- 1,013people (2011)
- 221households
- 89.7%literacy
- 971females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Nalam-Kolbong

Of every 100 households in Nalam-Kolbong in 2011, 100 had electricity, 99 a toilet at home and 67 cooked with LPG; 85 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 16 a car.

■ Nalam-Kolbong · ■ Namchi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****100%**

**93%

Toilet within the home ****99%**

**85%

No toilet (open defecation) ****1%**

**15%

Tap water ****100%**

**90%

Drinking water within premises ****28%**

**51%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****67%**

**27%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****30%**

**70%

Use banking services ****95%**

**60%

Television ****72%**

**46%

Mobile phone ****85%**

**64%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****16%**

**5%

None of these assets ****6%**

**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 Nalam-Kolbong?

■ Nalam-Kolbong · ■ Namchi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****89.7%**

**81.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****971**

**918

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****927**

**975

Working population ****40.5%**

**52.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.4% for men and 87.1% for women. 53% of men and 28% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 19 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 9 (2%) · **■** Household industry 16 (4%) · **■** Other work 221 (54%) · **■** Marginal 145 (35%)

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

- Paiyong1,054 people
- Turuk1,050 people
- Kitam1,036 people
- Kateng-Bokrang1,021 people
- Maniram990 people
- Nagi988 people
- Denchung980 people
- Bomtar944 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Nalam-Kolbong?1,013 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Nalam-Kolbong in?South District district (Namchi sub-district), Sikkim
- What is the literacy rate of Nalam-Kolbong?89.7% (Census 2011)