# Rinchenpong Village, Soreng, West District (Sikkim)

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Village · Soreng, West District 

# Rinchenpong

Rinchenpong is a village in Soreng sub-district of West District district, Sikkim. The 2011 Census counted **1,458 people in 298 households**, the 15th largest of 51 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 77.5%.

- 1,458people (2011)
- 298households
- 84.2%literacy
- 978females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Rinchenpong

Of every 100 households in Rinchenpong in 2011, 94 had electricity, 92 a toilet at home and 31 cooked with LPG; 75 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 6 a car.

■ Rinchenpong · ■ Soreng rural average

Electricity for lighting ****94%**

**90%

Toilet within the home ****92%**

**83%

No toilet (open defecation) ****8%**

**16%

Tap water ****96%**

**80%

Drinking water within premises ****52%**

**36%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****31%**

**18%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****65%**

**80%

Use banking services ****56%**

**57%

Television ****56%**

**40%

Mobile phone ****75%**

**60%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****6%**

**4%

None of these assets ****17%**

**28%

Own their home ****72%**

**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 Rinchenpong?

■ Rinchenpong · ■ Soreng rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.2%**

**77.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****978**

**960

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1527**

**975

Working population ****50.2%**

**49.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.4% for men and 78.6% for women. 54% of men and 46% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 358 (49%) · **■** Farm labourers 12 (2%) · **■** Household industry 15 (2%) · **■** Other work 240 (33%) · **■** Marginal 107 (15%)

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

- Rumbuk1,838 people
- Samsing1,802 people
- Chumbong1,796 people
- Okhery1,683 people
- Tadong}1,445 people
- Bara-Samdong1,385 people
- Burikhop1,337 people
- Geling1,306 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Rinchenpong?1,458 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rinchenpong in?West District district (Soreng sub-district), Sikkim
- What is the literacy rate of Rinchenpong?84.2% (Census 2011)