# Rimbick Village, Darjeeling Pulbazar, Darjiling (West Bengal)

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Village · Darjeeling Pulbazar, Darjiling 

# Rimbick

Rimbick is a village in Darjeeling Pulbazar sub-district of Darjiling district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **6,980 people in 1,406 households**, the 2nd largest of 43 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 80.6%.

- 6,980people (2011)
- 1,406households
- 81.3%literacy
- 970females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Rimbick

Of every 100 households in Rimbick in 2011, 62 had electricity, 69 a toilet at home and 16 cooked with LPG; 63 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Rimbick · ■ Darjeeling Pulbazar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****62%**

**78%

Toilet within the home ****69%**

**58%

No toilet (open defecation) ****26%**

**34%

Tap water ****51%**

**31%

Drinking water within premises ****9%**

**5%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****16%**

**23%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****83%**

**75%

Use banking services ****54%**

**47%

Television ****37%**

**46%

Mobile phone ****63%**

**58%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****28%**

**28%

Own their home ****90%**

**83%

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 Rimbick?

■ Rimbick · ■ Darjeeling Pulbazar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.3%**

**80.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****970**

**981

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****991**

**940

Working population ****47.0%**

**41.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.0% for men and 75.3% for women. 56% of men and 38% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 1,155 (35%) · **■** Farm labourers 105 (3%) · **■** Household industry 18 (1%) · **■** Other work 609 (19%) · **■** Marginal 1,394 (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 Darjeeling Pulbazar

- Goke9,100 people
- Lebong & Mineral Spring Tea Garden6,236 people
- Bijanbari5,338 people
- Tukvar Tea Garden4,791 people
- Kaijalia4,150 people

[All 43 villages in Darjeeling Pulbazar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/darjiling/darjeeling-pulbazar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Rimbick?6,980 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rimbick in?Darjiling district (Darjeeling Pulbazar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Rimbick?81.3% (Census 2011)