# Byang Village, Gangtok, East District (Sikkim) – Population

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Village · Gangtok, East District 

# Byang

Byang is a village in Gangtok sub-district of East District district, Sikkim. The 2011 Census counted **495 people in 92 households**, the 52nd largest of 70 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 81.3%.

- 495people (2011)
- 92households
- 73.5%literacy
- 957females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Byang

Of every 100 households in Byang in 2011, 91 had electricity, 81 a toilet at home and 7 cooked with LPG; 33 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 7 a car.

■ Byang · ■ Gangtok rural average

Electricity for lighting ****91%**

**91%

Toilet within the home ****81%**

**86%

No toilet (open defecation) ****19%**

**13%

Tap water ****87%**

**77%

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

**36%

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

**33%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**61%

Use banking services ****9%**

**54%

Television ****38%**

**52%

Mobile phone ****33%**

**68%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****7%**

**6%

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

**18%

Own their home ****65%**

**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 Byang?

■ Byang · ■ Gangtok rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.5%**

**81.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****957**

**801

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****758**

**964

Working population ****77.2%**

**55.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.4% for men and 70.5% for women. 75% of men and 79% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 115 (30%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (1%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 57 (15%) · **■** Marginal 207 (54%)

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

- Aritar556 people
- Temphyak Mendu552 people
- Beng535 people
- Chinze517 people
- Parbing459 people
- Namgeythang451 people
- Namok442 people
- Rapdang424 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Byang?495 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Byang in?East District district (Gangtok sub-district), Sikkim
- What is the literacy rate of Byang?73.5% (Census 2011)