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

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Village · Soreng, West District 

# Rishi

Rishi is a village in Soreng sub-district of West District district, Sikkim. The 2011 Census counted **659 people in 117 households**, the 42nd largest of 51 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 77.5%.

- 659people (2011)
- 117households
- 75.6%literacy
- 997females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Rishi

Of every 100 households in Rishi in 2011, 78 had electricity, 68 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Rishi · ■ Soreng rural average

Electricity for lighting ****78%**

**90%

Toilet within the home ****68%**

**83%

No toilet (open defecation) ****32%**

**16%

Tap water ****58%**

**80%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**36%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**18%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**80%

Use banking services ****53%**

**57%

Television ****26%**

**40%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**60%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**4%

None of these assets ****43%**

**28%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Rishi?

■ Rishi · ■ Soreng rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.6%**

**77.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****997**

**960

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1237**

**975

Working population ****60.5%**

**49.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.3% for men and 65.6% for women. 65% of men and 56% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 314 (79%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (1%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 9 (2%) · **■** Marginal 73 (18%)

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

- Aroobotey787 people
- Suldung754 people
- Jeel744 people
- Lower Fambong723 people
- Bum635 people
- Karthok619 people
- Siktam510 people
- Suntaley414 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Rishi?659 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rishi in?West District district (Soreng sub-district), Sikkim
- What is the literacy rate of Rishi?75.6% (Census 2011)