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

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Village · Gyalshing, West District 

# Nambu

Nambu is a village in Gyalshing sub-district of West District district, Sikkim. The 2011 Census counted **1,156 people in 204 households**, the 23rd largest of 68 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 76.4%.

- 1,156people (2011)
- 204households
- 81.7%literacy
- 773females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Nambu

Of every 100 households in Nambu in 2011, 94 had electricity, 76 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 58 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 6 a car.

■ Nambu · ■ Gyalshing rural average

Electricity for lighting ****94%**

**90%

Toilet within the home ****76%**

**85%

No toilet (open defecation) ****24%**

**14%

Tap water ****87%**

**86%

Drinking water within premises ****39%**

**34%

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

**16%

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

**82%

Use banking services ****94%**

**82%

Television ****37%**

**35%

Mobile phone ****58%**

**56%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**2%

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

**5%

None of these assets ****36%**

**33%

Own their home ****90%**

**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 Nambu?

■ Nambu · ■ Gyalshing rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.7%**

**76.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****773**

**926

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1164**

**956

Working population ****64.2%**

**54.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.6% for men and 70.9% for women. 70% of men and 56% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 230 (31%) · **■** Farm labourers 27 (4%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 240 (32%) · **■** Marginal 241 (32%)

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

- Naku1,251 people
- Gerethang1,236 people
- Labing1,205 people
- Unglok1,201 people
- Yangten1,117 people
- Tikjya1,090 people
- Bhaluthang934 people
- Arithang928 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Nambu?1,156 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Nambu in?West District district (Gyalshing sub-district), Sikkim
- What is the literacy rate of Nambu?81.7% (Census 2011)