# Nijarmeng Village, Namchi, South District (Sikkim)

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Village · Namchi, South District 

# Nijarmeng

Nijarmeng is a village in Namchi sub-district of South District district, Sikkim. The 2011 Census counted **498 people in 102 households**, the 72nd largest of 94 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 90.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 81.5%.

- 498people (2011)
- 102households
- 90.2%literacy
- 930females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Nijarmeng

Of every 100 households in Nijarmeng in 2011, 100 had electricity, 85 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 60 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Nijarmeng · ■ Namchi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****100%**

**93%

Toilet within the home ****85%**

**85%

No toilet (open defecation) ****15%**

**15%

Tap water ****100%**

**90%

Drinking water within premises ****32%**

**51%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**27%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**70%

Use banking services ****96%**

**60%

Television ****27%**

**46%

Mobile phone ****60%**

**64%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**3%

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

**5%

None of these assets ****32%**

**23%

Own their home ****91%**

**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 Nijarmeng?

■ Nijarmeng · ■ Namchi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****90.2%**

**81.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****930**

**918

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****960**

**975

Working population ****56.4%**

**52.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.0% for men and 86.1% for women. 60% of men and 53% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 164 (58%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 17 (6%) · **■** Marginal 99 (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

- Pabong541 people
- Tingrithang514 people
- Passi500 people
- Thangsing500 people
- Tokdey487 people
- Sorok474 people
- Omchu453 people
- Suntaley410 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Nijarmeng?498 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Nijarmeng in?South District district (Namchi sub-district), Sikkim
- What is the literacy rate of Nijarmeng?90.2% (Census 2011)