# Chumbong Village, Soreng, West District (Sikkim) – Population

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Village · Soreng, West District 

# Chumbong

Chumbong is a village in Soreng sub-district of West District district, Sikkim. The 2011 Census counted **1,796 people in 390 households**, the 13th largest of 51 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 77.5%.

- 1,796people (2011)
- 390households
- 78.4%literacy
- 976females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chumbong

Of every 100 households in Chumbong in 2011, 83 had electricity, 80 a toilet at home and 8 cooked with LPG; 75 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Chumbong · ■ Soreng rural average

Electricity for lighting ****83%**

**90%

Toilet within the home ****80%**

**83%

No toilet (open defecation) ****20%**

**16%

Tap water ****52%**

**80%

Drinking water within premises ****20%**

**36%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****8%**

**18%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**80%

Use banking services ****51%**

**57%

Television ****32%**

**40%

Mobile phone ****75%**

**60%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****5%**

**4%

None of these assets ****18%**

**28%

Own their home ****73%**

**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 Chumbong?

■ Chumbong · ■ Soreng rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.4%**

**77.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****976**

**960

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**975

Working population ****39.7%**

**49.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.0% for men and 73.5% for women. 49% of men and 30% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 178 (25%) · **■** Farm labourers 49 (7%) · **■** Household industry 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 175 (25%) · **■** Marginal 308 (43%)

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

- Chakung1,859 people
- Zoom1,841 people
- Rumbuk1,838 people
- Samsing1,802 people
- Okhery1,683 people
- Rinchenpong1,458 people
- Tadong}1,445 people
- Bara-Samdong1,385 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chumbong?1,796 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chumbong in?West District district (Soreng sub-district), Sikkim
- What is the literacy rate of Chumbong?78.4% (Census 2011)