# Karmatar Village, Gyalshing, West District (Sikkim) – Population & Literacy, Census 2011

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Village · Gyalshing, West District 

# Karmatar

Karmatar is a village in Gyalshing sub-district of West District district, Sikkim. The 2011 Census counted **1,284 people in 234 households**, the 18th largest of 68 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 76.4%.

- 1,284people (2011)
- 234households
- 72.7%literacy
- 869females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Karmatar

Of every 100 households in Karmatar in 2011, 87 had electricity, 78 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Karmatar · ■ Gyalshing rural average

Electricity for lighting ****87%**

**90%

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

**85%

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

**14%

Tap water ****92%**

**86%

Drinking water within premises ****11%**

**34%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**16%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**82%

Use banking services ****90%**

**82%

Television ****12%**

**35%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**56%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**5%

None of these assets ****61%**

**33%

Own their home ****100%**

**84%

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 Karmatar?

■ Karmatar · ■ Gyalshing rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.7%**

**76.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****869**

**926

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****784**

**956

Working population ****63.0%**

**54.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.6% for men and 60.3% for women. 68% of men and 58% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 505 (62%) · **■** Farm labourers 22 (3%) · **■** Household industry 6 (1%) · **■** Other work 41 (5%) · **■** Marginal 235 (29%)

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 Gyalshing

- Barphok1,549 people
- Tashiding1,478 people
- Chongrang1,456 people
- Gyalshing1,368 people
- Naku1,251 people
- Gerethang1,236 people
- Labing1,205 people
- Unglok1,201 people

[All 73 villages in Gyalshing](https://wherepedia.org/india/sikkim/west-district/gyalshing/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Karmatar?1,284 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Karmatar in?West District district (Gyalshing sub-district), Sikkim
- What is the literacy rate of Karmatar?72.7% (Census 2011)