# Budang Thangsing Village, Gangtok, East District (Sikkim)

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Village · Gangtok, East District 

# Budang Thangsing

Budang Thangsing is a village in Gangtok sub-district of East District district, Sikkim. The 2011 Census counted **677 people in 128 households**, the 44th largest of 70 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 81.3%.

- 677people (2011)
- 128households
- 76.5%literacy
- 907females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Budang Thangsing

Of every 100 households in Budang Thangsing in 2011, 89 had electricity, 77 a toilet at home and 14 cooked with LPG; 55 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 6 a car.

■ Budang Thangsing · ■ Gangtok rural average

Electricity for lighting ****89%**

**91%

Toilet within the home ****77%**

**86%

No toilet (open defecation) ****23%**

**13%

Tap water ****93%**

**77%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**36%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****14%**

**33%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****79%**

**61%

Use banking services ****10%**

**54%

Television ****31%**

**52%

Mobile phone ****55%**

**68%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**3%

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

**6%

None of these assets ****26%**

**18%

Own their home ****84%**

**69%

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 Budang Thangsing?

■ Budang Thangsing · ■ Gangtok rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.5%**

**81.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****907**

**801

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****610**

**964

Working population ****53.5%**

**55.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.4% for men and 73.4% for women. 55% of men and 52% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 138 (38%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 75 (21%) · **■** Marginal 147 (41%)

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 Gangtok

- Lingdok896 people
- Sangtong822 people
- Nazitam810 people
- Navey678 people
- Ranka609 people
- Rey594 people
- Mangthang575 people
- Aritar556 people

[All 75 villages in Gangtok](https://wherepedia.org/india/sikkim/east-district/gangtok/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Budang Thangsing?677 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Budang Thangsing in?East District district (Gangtok sub-district), Sikkim
- What is the literacy rate of Budang Thangsing?76.5% (Census 2011)