# Bum Village, Soreng, West District (Sikkim) – Population & Literacy, Census 2011

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Village · Soreng, West District 

# Bum

Bum is a village in Soreng sub-district of West District district, Sikkim. The 2011 Census counted **635 people in 132 households**, the 43rd largest of 51 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 77.5%.

- 635people (2011)
- 132households
- 75.4%literacy
- 966females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bum

Of every 100 households in Bum in 2011, 83 had electricity, 73 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 40 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Bum · ■ Soreng rural average

Electricity for lighting ****83%**

**90%

Toilet within the home ****73%**

**83%

No toilet (open defecation) ****27%**

**16%

Tap water ****56%**

**80%

Drinking water within premises ****49%**

**36%

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

**18%

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

**80%

Use banking services ****17%**

**57%

Television ****17%**

**40%

Mobile phone ****40%**

**60%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**3%

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

**4%

None of these assets ****54%**

**28%

Own their home ****98%**

**85%

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 Bum?

■ Bum · ■ Soreng rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.4%**

**77.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****966**

**960

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1053**

**975

Working population ****60.0%**

**49.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.8% for men and 68.8% for women. 61% of men and 59% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 326 (86%) · **■** Farm labourers 13 (3%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 21 (6%) · **■** Marginal 19 (5%)

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 Soreng

- Suldung754 people
- Jeel744 people
- Lower Fambong723 people
- Rishi659 people
- Karthok619 people
- Siktam510 people
- Suntaley414 people
- Bhareng390 people

[All 52 villages in Soreng](https://wherepedia.org/india/sikkim/west-district/soreng/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bum?635 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bum in?West District district (Soreng sub-district), Sikkim
- What is the literacy rate of Bum?75.4% (Census 2011)