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

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Village · Namchi, South District 

# Singtam

Singtam is a village in Namchi sub-district of South District district, Sikkim. The 2011 Census counted **265 people in 57 households**, the 86th largest of 94 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 81.5%.

- 265people (2011)
- 57households
- 70.8%literacy
- 743females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Singtam

Of every 100 households in Singtam in 2011, 100 had electricity, 87 a toilet at home and 11 cooked with LPG; 64 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 6 a car.

■ Singtam · ■ Namchi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****100%**

**93%

Toilet within the home ****87%**

**85%

No toilet (open defecation) ****13%**

**15%

Tap water ****96%**

**90%

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

**51%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****11%**

**27%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****89%**

**70%

Use banking services ****66%**

**60%

Television ****51%**

**46%

Mobile phone ****64%**

**64%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****6%**

**5%

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

**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 Singtam?

■ Singtam · ■ Namchi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.8%**

**81.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****743**

**918

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****500**

**975

Working population ****35.5%**

**52.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.2% for men and 69.0% for women. 57% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 63 (67%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 10 (11%) · **■** Marginal 20 (21%)

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

- Donok302 people
- Majhitar Forest Block298 people
- Aifaltar289 people
- Bul265 people
- Paleytam255 people
- Tinzer237 people
- Manpur227 people
- Palum204 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Singtam?265 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Singtam in?South District district (Namchi sub-district), Sikkim
- What is the literacy rate of Singtam?70.8% (Census 2011)