# Dung-Dung Village, Gangtok, East District (Sikkim)

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Village · Gangtok, East District 

# Dung-Dung

Dung-Dung is a village in Gangtok sub-district of East District district, Sikkim. The 2011 Census counted **2,194 people in 418 households**, the 14th largest of 70 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 81.3%.

- 2,194people (2011)
- 418households
- 83.0%literacy
- 942females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dung-Dung

Of every 100 households in Dung-Dung in 2011, 88 had electricity, 52 a toilet at home and 11 cooked with LPG; 54 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Dung-Dung · ■ Gangtok rural average

Electricity for lighting ****88%**

**91%

Toilet within the home ****52%**

**86%

No toilet (open defecation) ****48%**

**13%

Tap water ****90%**

**77%

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

**36%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****11%**

**33%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****87%**

**61%

Use banking services ****39%**

**54%

Television ****26%**

**52%

Mobile phone ****54%**

**68%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**6%

None of these assets ****38%**

**18%

Own their home ****74%**

**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 Dung-Dung?

■ Dung-Dung · ■ Gangtok rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****83.0%**

**81.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****942**

**801

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****890**

**964

Working population ****61.2%**

**55.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.3% for men and 76.4% for women. 63% of men and 59% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 640 (48%) · **■** Farm labourers 27 (2%) · **■** Household industry 13 (1%) · **■** Other work 220 (16%) · **■** Marginal 442 (33%)

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

- Lingdum2,589 people
- Rakdong2,409 people
- Samlik-Marchak2,306 people
- Patuk2,236 people
- Samdong2,125 people
- Lingzey2,055 people
- Luing2,019 people
- Singbel1,979 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dung-Dung?2,194 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dung-Dung in?East District district (Gangtok sub-district), Sikkim
- What is the literacy rate of Dung-Dung?83.0% (Census 2011)