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

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Village · Namchi, South District 

# Sorok

Sorok is a village in Namchi sub-district of South District district, Sikkim. The 2011 Census counted **474 people in 103 households**, the 74th largest of 94 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 81.5%.

- 474people (2011)
- 103households
- 83.6%literacy
- 1,061females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sorok

Of every 100 households in Sorok in 2011, 97 had electricity, 97 a toilet at home and 18 cooked with LPG; 70 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 6 a car.

■ Sorok · ■ Namchi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****97%**

**93%

Toilet within the home ****97%**

**85%

No toilet (open defecation) ****3%**

**15%

Tap water ****95%**

**90%

Drinking water within premises ****18%**

**51%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****18%**

**27%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****82%**

**70%

Use banking services ****44%**

**60%

Television ****52%**

**46%

Mobile phone ****70%**

**64%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**3%

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

**5%

None of these assets ****19%**

**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 Sorok?

■ Sorok · ■ Namchi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****83.6%**

**81.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1061**

**918

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1080**

**975

Working population ****56.1%**

**52.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.2% for men and 77.4% for women. 65% of men and 48% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 107 (40%) · **■** Other work 37 (14%) · **■** Marginal 122 (46%)

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

- Passi500 people
- Thangsing500 people
- Nijarmeng498 people
- Tokdey487 people
- Omchu453 people
- Suntaley410 people
- Burul405 people
- Dhargaon399 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sorok?474 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sorok in?South District district (Namchi sub-district), Sikkim
- What is the literacy rate of Sorok?83.6% (Census 2011)