# Rateypani Village, Namchi, South District (Sikkim)

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Village · Namchi, South District 

# Rateypani

Rateypani is a village in Namchi sub-district of South District district, Sikkim. The 2011 Census counted **1,269 people in 252 households**, the 12th largest of 94 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 81.5%.

- 1,269people (2011)
- 252households
- 77.7%literacy
- 992females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Rateypani

Of every 100 households in Rateypani in 2011, 85 had electricity, 71 a toilet at home and 14 cooked with LPG; 43 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Rateypani · ■ Namchi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****85%**

**93%

Toilet within the home ****71%**

**85%

No toilet (open defecation) ****29%**

**15%

Tap water ****100%**

**90%

Drinking water within premises ****86%**

**51%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****14%**

**27%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****86%**

**70%

Use banking services ****99%**

**60%

Television ****23%**

**46%

Mobile phone ****43%**

**64%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

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

**5%

None of these assets ****47%**

**23%

Own their home ****94%**

**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 Rateypani?

■ Rateypani · ■ Namchi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.7%**

**81.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****992**

**918

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1055**

**975

Working population ****49.6%**

**52.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.8% for men and 70.6% for women. 54% of men and 45% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 244 (39%) · **■** Farm labourers 123 (20%) · **■** Other work 91 (14%) · **■** Marginal 172 (27%)

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

- Kamrang1,440 people
- Mamring1,421 people
- Temi Tea Estate1,323 people
- Pamphok1,269 people
- Sukrabarey1,203 people
- Temi1,195 people
- Karek1,177 people
- Gom1,163 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Rateypani?1,269 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rateypani in?South District district (Namchi sub-district), Sikkim
- What is the literacy rate of Rateypani?77.7% (Census 2011)