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

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Village · Namchi, South District 

# Turung

Turung is a village in Namchi sub-district of South District district, Sikkim. The 2011 Census counted **1,121 people in 225 households**, the 19th largest of 94 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 81.5%.

- 1,121people (2011)
- 225households
- 82.7%literacy
- 939females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Turung

Of every 100 households in Turung in 2011, 90 had electricity, 78 a toilet at home and 20 cooked with LPG; 67 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 6 a car.

■ Turung · ■ Namchi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****90%**

**93%

Toilet within the home ****78%**

**85%

No toilet (open defecation) ****22%**

**15%

Tap water ****90%**

**90%

Drinking water within premises ****64%**

**51%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****20%**

**27%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****76%**

**70%

Use banking services ****76%**

**60%

Television ****42%**

**46%

Mobile phone ****67%**

**64%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

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

**5%

None of these assets ****25%**

**23%

Own their home ****83%**

**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 Turung?

■ Turung · ■ Namchi rural average

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

**81.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****939**

**918

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****974**

**975

Working population ****50.6%**

**52.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.3% for men and 77.8% for women. 58% of men and 43% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 62 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 20 (4%) · **■** Household industry 26 (5%) · **■** Other work 91 (16%) · **■** Marginal 368 (65%)

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

- Karek1,177 people
- Gom1,163 people
- Rashyap1,129 people
- Suntaley1,125 people
- Mamley1,079 people
- Sumbuk1,069 people
- Doring1,064 people
- Paiyong1,054 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Turung?1,121 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Turung in?South District district (Namchi sub-district), Sikkim
- What is the literacy rate of Turung?82.7% (Census 2011)