# Brong Village, Ravong, South District (Sikkim) – Population

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Village · Ravong, South District 

# Brong

Brong is a village in Ravong sub-district of South District district, Sikkim. The 2011 Census counted **1,033 people in 192 households**, the 20th largest of 46 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 78.1%.

- 1,033people (2011)
- 192households
- 74.4%literacy
- 924females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Brong

Of every 100 households in Brong in 2011, 87 had electricity, 84 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 80 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Brong · ■ Ravong rural average

Electricity for lighting ****87%**

**84%

Toilet within the home ****84%**

**85%

No toilet (open defecation) ****16%**

**14%

Tap water ****99%**

**91%

Drinking water within premises ****93%**

**68%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**18%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**78%

Use banking services ****84%**

**69%

Television ****37%**

**38%

Mobile phone ****80%**

**65%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**2%

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

**5%

None of these assets ****14%**

**26%

Own their home ****81%**

**75%

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 Brong?

■ Brong · ■ Ravong rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.4%**

**78.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****924**

**893

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1553**

**928

Working population ****63.1%**

**54.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.2% for men and 70.0% for women. 65% of men and 61% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 320 (49%) · **■** Farm labourers 14 (2%) · **■** Other work 63 (10%) · **■** Marginal 255 (39%)

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 Ravong

- Kolthang1,249 people
- Mangzing1,134 people
- Deu1,098 people
- Deythang1,051 people
- Namlung947 people
- Bakkhim925 people
- Sanghanath893 people
- Poley892 people

[All 50 villages in Ravong](https://wherepedia.org/india/sikkim/south-district/ravong/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Brong?1,033 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Brong in?South District district (Ravong sub-district), Sikkim
- What is the literacy rate of Brong?74.4% (Census 2011)