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

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Village · Namchi, South District 

# Phong

Phong is a village in Namchi sub-district of South District district, Sikkim. The 2011 Census counted **680 people in 129 households**, the 55th largest of 94 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 81.5%.

- 680people (2011)
- 129households
- 80.8%literacy
- 878females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Phong

Of every 100 households in Phong in 2011, 92 had electricity, 78 a toilet at home and 19 cooked with LPG; 37 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Phong · ■ Namchi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****92%**

**93%

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

**85%

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

**15%

Tap water ****100%**

**90%

Drinking water within premises ****81%**

**51%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****19%**

**27%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****81%**

**70%

Use banking services ****98%**

**60%

Television ****44%**

**46%

Mobile phone ****37%**

**64%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**3%

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

**5%

None of these assets ****34%**

**23%

Own their home ****93%**

**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 Phong?

■ Phong · ■ Namchi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.8%**

**81.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****878**

**918

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****794**

**975

Working population ****44.9%**

**52.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.3% for men and 74.6% for women. 46% of men and 43% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 35 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 41 (13%) · **■** Marginal 228 (75%)

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

- Dorop765 people
- Rabitar753 people
- Kopchey727 people
- Mikkhola687 people
- Kerabari670 people
- Chumlok622 people
- Bikmat621 people
- Kanamtek612 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Phong?680 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Phong in?South District district (Namchi sub-district), Sikkim
- What is the literacy rate of Phong?80.8% (Census 2011)