# Lower Fambong Village, Soreng, West District (Sikkim)

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Village · Soreng, West District 

# Lower Fambong

Lower Fambong is a village in Soreng sub-district of West District district, Sikkim. The 2011 Census counted **723 people in 145 households**, the 41st largest of 51 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 77.5%.

- 723people (2011)
- 145households
- 79.3%literacy
- 981females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Lower Fambong

Of every 100 households in Lower Fambong in 2011, 96 had electricity, 97 a toilet at home and 29 cooked with LPG; 74 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 11 a car.

■ Lower Fambong · ■ Soreng rural average

Electricity for lighting ****96%**

**90%

Toilet within the home ****97%**

**83%

No toilet (open defecation) ****0%**

**16%

Tap water ****97%**

**80%

Drinking water within premises ****43%**

**36%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****29%**

**18%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****69%**

**80%

Use banking services ****72%**

**57%

Television ****36%**

**40%

Mobile phone ****74%**

**60%

Computer with internet ****6%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****11%**

**4%

None of these assets ****21%**

**28%

Own their home ****79%**

**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 Lower Fambong?

■ Lower Fambong · ■ Soreng rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.3%**

**77.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****981**

**960

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****864**

**975

Working population ****37.1%**

**49.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.5% for men and 70.9% for women. 53% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 1 (0%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (0%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 82 (31%) · **■** Marginal 182 (68%)

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

- Chota-Samdong846 people
- Aroobotey787 people
- Suldung754 people
- Jeel744 people
- Rishi659 people
- Bum635 people
- Karthok619 people
- Siktam510 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Lower Fambong?723 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Lower Fambong in?West District district (Soreng sub-district), Sikkim
- What is the literacy rate of Lower Fambong?79.3% (Census 2011)