# Tingrithang Village, Namchi, South District (Sikkim)

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Village · Namchi, South District 

# Tingrithang

Tingrithang is a village in Namchi sub-district of South District district, Sikkim. The 2011 Census counted **514 people in 112 households**, the 69th largest of 94 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 81.5%.

- 514people (2011)
- 112households
- 79.2%literacy
- 925females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Tingrithang

Of every 100 households in Tingrithang in 2011, 96 had electricity, 69 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 77 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Tingrithang · ■ Namchi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****96%**

**93%

Toilet within the home ****69%**

**85%

No toilet (open defecation) ****31%**

**15%

Tap water ****83%**

**90%

Drinking water within premises ****54%**

**51%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**27%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**70%

Use banking services ****41%**

**60%

Television ****40%**

**46%

Mobile phone ****77%**

**64%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**5%

None of these assets ****15%**

**23%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Tingrithang?

■ Tingrithang · ■ Namchi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.2%**

**81.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****925**

**918

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1167**

**975

Working population ****50.2%**

**52.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.6% for men and 72.1% for women. 60% of men and 40% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 148 (57%) · **■** Farm labourers 8 (3%) · **■** Other work 44 (17%) · **■** Marginal 58 (22%)

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

- Barnyak576 people
- Rameng571 people
- Gangchung546 people
- Pabong541 people
- Passi500 people
- Thangsing500 people
- Nijarmeng498 people
- Tokdey487 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Tingrithang?514 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tingrithang in?South District district (Namchi sub-district), Sikkim
- What is the literacy rate of Tingrithang?79.2% (Census 2011)