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

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Village · Namchi, South District 

# Omchu

Omchu is a village in Namchi sub-district of South District district, Sikkim. The 2011 Census counted **453 people in 96 households**, the 75th largest of 94 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 87.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 81.5%.

- 453people (2011)
- 96households
- 87.3%literacy
- 857females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Omchu

Of every 100 households in Omchu in 2011, 86 had electricity, 90 a toilet at home and 15 cooked with LPG; 55 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Omchu · ■ Namchi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****86%**

**93%

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

**85%

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

**15%

Tap water ****91%**

**90%

Drinking water within premises ****40%**

**51%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****15%**

**27%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****84%**

**70%

Use banking services ****68%**

**60%

Television ****26%**

**46%

Mobile phone ****55%**

**64%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**5%

None of these assets ****13%**

**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 Omchu?

■ Omchu · ■ Namchi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****87.3%**

**81.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****857**

**918

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****682**

**975

Working population ****53.9%**

**52.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.9% for men and 82.0% for women. 54% of men and 54% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 180 (74%) · **■** Other work 30 (12%) · **■** Marginal 34 (14%)

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

- Thangsing500 people
- Nijarmeng498 people
- Tokdey487 people
- Sorok474 people
- Suntaley410 people
- Burul405 people
- Dhargaon399 people
- Chemchey393 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Omchu?453 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Omchu in?South District district (Namchi sub-district), Sikkim
- What is the literacy rate of Omchu?87.3% (Census 2011)