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

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Village · Soreng, West District 

# Rumbuk

Rumbuk is a village in Soreng sub-district of West District district, Sikkim. The 2011 Census counted **1,838 people in 403 households**, the 11th largest of 51 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 77.5%.

- 1,838people (2011)
- 403households
- 78.9%literacy
- 964females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Rumbuk

Of every 100 households in Rumbuk in 2011, 88 had electricity, 86 a toilet at home and 7 cooked with LPG; 42 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Rumbuk · ■ Soreng rural average

Electricity for lighting ****88%**

**90%

Toilet within the home ****86%**

**83%

No toilet (open defecation) ****13%**

**16%

Tap water ****78%**

**80%

Drinking water within premises ****30%**

**36%

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

**18%

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

**80%

Use banking services ****80%**

**57%

Television ****33%**

**40%

Mobile phone ****42%**

**60%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**3%

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

**4%

None of these assets ****41%**

**28%

Own their home ****89%**

**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 Rumbuk?

■ Rumbuk · ■ Soreng rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.9%**

**77.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****964**

**960

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****808**

**975

Working population ****41.5%**

**49.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.5% for men and 72.2% for women. 54% of men and 28% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 413 (54%) · **■** Farm labourers 7 (1%) · **■** Household industry 9 (1%) · **■** Other work 129 (17%) · **■** Marginal 204 (27%)

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

- Tikpur1,911 people
- Dhalam1,886 people
- Chakung1,859 people
- Zoom1,841 people
- Samsing1,802 people
- Chumbong1,796 people
- Okhery1,683 people
- Rinchenpong1,458 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Rumbuk?1,838 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rumbuk in?West District district (Soreng sub-district), Sikkim
- What is the literacy rate of Rumbuk?78.9% (Census 2011)