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

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Village · Namchi, South District 

# Palum

Palum is a village in Namchi sub-district of South District district, Sikkim. The 2011 Census counted **204 people in 40 households**, the 90th largest of 94 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 81.5%.

- 204people (2011)
- 40households
- 69.2%literacy
- 1,000females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Palum

Of every 100 households in Palum in 2011, 88 had electricity, 78 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 66 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Palum · ■ Namchi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****88%**

**93%

Toilet within the home ****78%**

**85%

No toilet (open defecation) ****22%**

**15%

Tap water ****0%**

**90%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**51%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**27%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**70%

Use banking services ****78%**

**60%

Television ****22%**

**46%

Mobile phone ****66%**

**64%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**5%

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

**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 Palum?

■ Palum · ■ Namchi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.2%**

**81.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1000**

**918

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1200**

**975

Working population ****58.3%**

**52.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 66.3% for men and 72.2% for women. 64% of men and 53% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 87 (73%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (2%) · **■** Other work 9 (8%) · **■** Marginal 21 (18%)

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

- Singtam265 people
- Paleytam255 people
- Tinzer237 people
- Manpur227 people
- Shyampani203 people
- Pajer181 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 Palum?204 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Palum in?South District district (Namchi sub-district), Sikkim
- What is the literacy rate of Palum?69.2% (Census 2011)