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

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Village · Namchi, South District 

# Tangji

Tangji is a village in Namchi sub-district of South District district, Sikkim. The 2011 Census counted **774 people in 146 households**, the 49th largest of 94 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 81.5%.

- 774people (2011)
- 146households
- 82.7%literacy
- 980females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Tangji

Of every 100 households in Tangji in 2011, 94 had electricity, 93 a toilet at home and 48 cooked with LPG; 63 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Tangji · ■ Namchi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****94%**

**93%

Toilet within the home ****93%**

**85%

No toilet (open defecation) ****7%**

**15%

Tap water ****99%**

**90%

Drinking water within premises ****82%**

**51%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****48%**

**27%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****51%**

**70%

Use banking services ****94%**

**60%

Television ****42%**

**46%

Mobile phone ****63%**

**64%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**3%

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

**5%

None of these assets ****16%**

**23%

Own their home ****81%**

**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 Tangji?

■ Tangji · ■ Namchi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****82.7%**

**81.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****980**

**918

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****778**

**975

Working population ****50.9%**

**52.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.2% for men and 75.4% for women. 56% of men and 46% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 91 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 84 (21%) · **■** Marginal 215 (55%)

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

- Kamarey830 people
- Phalidara808 people
- Assangthang785 people
- Wak781 people
- Chuba772 people
- Dorop765 people
- Rabitar753 people
- Kopchey727 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Tangji?774 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tangji in?South District district (Namchi sub-district), Sikkim
- What is the literacy rate of Tangji?82.7% (Census 2011)