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Gangtok population.Households, literacy and work. Primary Census Abstract for this town in Sikkim, using 2011 geography.
Historical geographic unit. Census 2011 town boundary and classification. The primary total is the single published town row. This is not a present-day population or an urban-agglomeration total.
Population 100,286 people
Households 23,773 PCA households
Literacy rate 89.33% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 43.65% % of all residents
Population, children, literacy and work by sex Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Indicator · Census 2011 Total Males Females Populationpeople 100,286 52,459 47,827 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 9,264 4,796 4,468 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 81,309 44,219 37,090 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 89.33% 92.77% 85.54% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 4,793 2,422 2,371 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 28,514 13,954 14,560 Total workersCensus workers 43,776 30,937 12,839 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 43.65% 58.97% 26.84% Main workersworked at least 6 months 37,854 27,202 10,652 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 5,922 3,735 2,187 Non-workerspeople 56,510 21,522 34,988
Percentages use the denominator shown in the table.
Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract Source access notes and archived workbooks
What stands out in this profile? Census 2011 recorded 23,773 households and 100,286 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 9.24% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 92.77% for males and 85.54% for females. Of 43,776 workers, 86.47% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 192 141 Agricultural labourers 177 482 Household industry workers 523 298 Other workers 36,962 5,001
The Census counts economic activity, including qualifying unpaid work.
Source components of this town Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Published component District code Subdistrict code People Gangtok (M Corp.) 244 01553 100,286
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.