# Phalidara Village, Namchi, South District (Sikkim) – Population & Literacy, Census 2011

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Village · Namchi, South District 

# Phalidara

Phalidara is a village in Namchi sub-district of South District district, Sikkim. The 2011 Census counted **808 people in 171 households**, the 46th largest of 94 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 81.5%.

- 808people (2011)
- 171households
- 76.2%literacy
- 1,010females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Phalidara

Of every 100 households in Phalidara in 2011, 95 had electricity, 89 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 61 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Phalidara · ■ Namchi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****95%**

**93%

Toilet within the home ****89%**

**85%

No toilet (open defecation) ****11%**

**15%

Tap water ****90%**

**90%

Drinking water within premises ****69%**

**51%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**27%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**70%

Use banking services ****57%**

**60%

Television ****42%**

**46%

Mobile phone ****61%**

**64%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**5%

None of these assets ****24%**

**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 Phalidara?

■ Phalidara · ■ Namchi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.2%**

**81.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1010**

**918

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1047**

**975

Working population ****51.9%**

**52.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.3% for men and 71.2% for women. 60% of men and 44% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 93 (22%) · **■** Marginal 321 (77%)

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

- Tanak857 people
- Salghari850 people
- Ramabong844 people
- Kamarey830 people
- Assangthang785 people
- Wak781 people
- Tangji774 people
- Chuba772 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Phalidara?808 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Phalidara in?South District district (Namchi sub-district), Sikkim
- What is the literacy rate of Phalidara?76.2% (Census 2011)