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

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Village · Namchi, South District 

# Sumbuk

Sumbuk is a village in Namchi sub-district of South District district, Sikkim. The 2011 Census counted **1,069 people in 240 households**, the 21st largest of 94 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 81.5%.

- 1,069people (2011)
- 240households
- 80.0%literacy
- 830females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sumbuk

Of every 100 households in Sumbuk in 2011, 94 had electricity, 89 a toilet at home and 36 cooked with LPG; 55 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Sumbuk · ■ Namchi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****94%**

**93%

Toilet within the home ****89%**

**85%

No toilet (open defecation) ****9%**

**15%

Tap water ****91%**

**90%

Drinking water within premises ****37%**

**51%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****36%**

**27%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****59%**

**70%

Use banking services ****35%**

**60%

Television ****45%**

**46%

Mobile phone ****55%**

**64%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**5%

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

**23%

Own their home ****67%**

**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 Sumbuk?

■ Sumbuk · ■ Namchi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.0%**

**81.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****830**

**918

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****943**

**975

Working population ****55.1%**

**52.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.1% for men and 72.6% for women. 63% of men and 45% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 117 (20%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 438 (74%) · **■** Marginal 33 (6%)

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

- Rashyap1,129 people
- Suntaley1,125 people
- Turung1,121 people
- Mamley1,079 people
- Doring1,064 people
- Paiyong1,054 people
- Turuk1,050 people
- Kitam1,036 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sumbuk?1,069 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sumbuk in?South District district (Namchi sub-district), Sikkim
- What is the literacy rate of Sumbuk?80.0% (Census 2011)