# Chota-Samdong Village, Soreng, West District (Sikkim)

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Village · Soreng, West District 

# Chota-Samdong

Chota-Samdong is a village in Soreng sub-district of West District district, Sikkim. The 2011 Census counted **846 people in 176 households**, the 37th largest of 51 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 77.5%.

- 846people (2011)
- 176households
- 71.0%literacy
- 843females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chota-Samdong

Of every 100 households in Chota-Samdong in 2011, 92 had electricity, 63 a toilet at home and 46 cooked with LPG; 72 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Chota-Samdong · ■ Soreng rural average

Electricity for lighting ****92%**

**90%

Toilet within the home ****63%**

**83%

No toilet (open defecation) ****37%**

**16%

Tap water ****92%**

**80%

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

**36%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****46%**

**18%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****54%**

**80%

Use banking services ****76%**

**57%

Television ****27%**

**40%

Mobile phone ****72%**

**60%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**4%

None of these assets ****24%**

**28%

Own their home ****95%**

**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 Chota-Samdong?

■ Chota-Samdong · ■ Soreng rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.0%**

**77.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****843**

**960

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****933**

**975

Working population ****49.9%**

**49.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.3% for men and 63.5% for women. 52% of men and 47% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 286 (68%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (0%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 36 (9%) · **■** Marginal 98 (23%)

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

- Hathidunga957 people
- Mendo-Goan925 people
- Chuchen875 people
- Segeng864 people
- Aroobotey787 people
- Suldung754 people
- Jeel744 people
- Lower Fambong723 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chota-Samdong?846 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chota-Samdong in?West District district (Soreng sub-district), Sikkim
- What is the literacy rate of Chota-Samdong?71.0% (Census 2011)