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

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Village · Namchi, South District 

# Pajer

Pajer is a village in Namchi sub-district of South District district, Sikkim. The 2011 Census counted **181 people in 39 households**, the 92nd largest of 94 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 85.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 81.5%.

- 181people (2011)
- 39households
- 85.5%literacy
- 1,034females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Pajer

Of every 100 households in Pajer in 2011, 85 had electricity, 80 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 82 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Pajer · ■ Namchi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****85%**

**93%

Toilet within the home ****80%**

**85%

No toilet (open defecation) ****20%**

**15%

Tap water ****100%**

**90%

Drinking water within premises ****98%**

**51%

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

**27%

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

**70%

Use banking services ****70%**

**60%

Television ****52%**

**46%

Mobile phone ****82%**

**64%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****5%**

**5%

None of these assets ****8%**

**23%

Own their home ****95%**

**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 Pajer?

■ Pajer · ■ Namchi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****85.5%**

**81.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1034**

**918

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****778**

**975

Working population ****26.5%**

**52.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.0% for men and 81.2% for women. 46% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 39 (81%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (2%) · **■** Other work 8 (17%)

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

- Tinzer237 people
- Manpur227 people
- Palum204 people
- Shyampani203 people
- Melli Forest Block77 people
- Mamring Forest Block32 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Pajer?181 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pajer in?South District district (Namchi sub-district), Sikkim
- What is the literacy rate of Pajer?85.5% (Census 2011)