# Saleumbong Village, Namchi, South District (Sikkim)

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Village · Namchi, South District 

# Saleumbong

Saleumbong is a village in Namchi sub-district of South District district, Sikkim. The 2011 Census counted **606 people in 122 households**, the 61st largest of 94 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 81.5%.

- 606people (2011)
- 122households
- 81.0%literacy
- 1,007females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Saleumbong

Of every 100 households in Saleumbong in 2011, 97 had electricity, 79 a toilet at home and 30 cooked with LPG; 59 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Saleumbong · ■ Namchi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****97%**

**93%

Toilet within the home ****79%**

**85%

No toilet (open defecation) ****16%**

**15%

Tap water ****93%**

**90%

Drinking water within premises ****78%**

**51%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****30%**

**27%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****70%**

**70%

Use banking services ****49%**

**60%

Television ****48%**

**46%

Mobile phone ****59%**

**64%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**5%

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

**23%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Saleumbong?

■ Saleumbong · ■ Namchi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.0%**

**81.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1007**

**918

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****971**

**975

Working population ****36.5%**

**52.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.6% for men and 77.4% for women. 53% of men and 20% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 140 (63%) · **■** Farm labourers 8 (4%) · **■** Other work 64 (29%) · **■** Marginal 9 (4%)

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

- Chumlok622 people
- Bikmat621 people
- Kanamtek612 people
- Damthang608 people
- Pabong603 people
- Rong589 people
- Jaubari579 people
- Barnyak576 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Saleumbong?606 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Saleumbong in?South District district (Namchi sub-district), Sikkim
- What is the literacy rate of Saleumbong?81.0% (Census 2011)