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

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Village · Soreng, West District 

# Okhery

Okhery is a village in Soreng sub-district of West District district, Sikkim. The 2011 Census counted **1,683 people in 366 households**, the 14th largest of 51 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 77.5%.

- 1,683people (2011)
- 366households
- 80.4%literacy
- 1,050females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Okhery

Of every 100 households in Okhery in 2011, 94 had electricity, 100 a toilet at home and 7 cooked with LPG; 58 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Okhery · ■ Soreng rural average

Electricity for lighting ****94%**

**90%

Toilet within the home ****100%**

**83%

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

**16%

Tap water ****96%**

**80%

Drinking water within premises ****60%**

**36%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****7%**

**18%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**80%

Use banking services ****66%**

**57%

Television ****41%**

**40%

Mobile phone ****58%**

**60%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**4%

None of these assets ****30%**

**28%

Own their home ****94%**

**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 Okhery?

■ Okhery · ■ Soreng rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.4%**

**77.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1050**

**960

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****966**

**975

Working population ****42.6%**

**49.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.5% for men and 73.8% for women. 54% of men and 32% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 286 (40%) · **■** Farm labourers 23 (3%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 105 (15%) · **■** Marginal 302 (42%)

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

- Zoom1,841 people
- Rumbuk1,838 people
- Samsing1,802 people
- Chumbong1,796 people
- Rinchenpong1,458 people
- Tadong}1,445 people
- Bara-Samdong1,385 people
- Burikhop1,337 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Okhery?1,683 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Okhery in?West District district (Soreng sub-district), Sikkim
- What is the literacy rate of Okhery?80.4% (Census 2011)