# Gangtok Forest Block Village, Gangtok, East District (Sikkim)

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Village · Gangtok, East District 

# Gangtok Forest Block

Gangtok Forest Block is a village in Gangtok sub-district of East District district, Sikkim. The 2011 Census counted **352 people in 73 households**, the 62nd largest of 70 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 81.3%.

- 352people (2011)
- 73households
- 70.6%literacy
- 862females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gangtok Forest Block

Of every 100 households in Gangtok Forest Block in 2011, 21 had electricity, 67 a toilet at home and 9 cooked with LPG; 45 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gangtok Forest Block · ■ Gangtok rural average

Electricity for lighting ****21%**

**91%

Toilet within the home ****67%**

**86%

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

**13%

Tap water ****25%**

**77%

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

**36%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****9%**

**33%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****91%**

**61%

Use banking services ****21%**

**54%

Television ****35%**

**52%

Mobile phone ****45%**

**68%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**6%

None of these assets ****27%**

**18%

Own their home ****91%**

**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 Gangtok Forest Block?

■ Gangtok Forest Block · ■ Gangtok rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.6%**

**81.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****862**

**801

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****625**

**964

Working population ****51.7%**

**55.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.4% for men and 60.8% for women. 59% of men and 43% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 9 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 16 (9%) · **■** Household industry 3 (2%) · **■** Other work 154 (85%)

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

- Sakyong386 people
- Lingzey384 people
- Tumlabung383 people
- Bhusuk374 people
- Tirkutam327 people
- Namin304 people
- Simik302 people
- Chadey256 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gangtok Forest Block?352 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gangtok Forest Block in?East District district (Gangtok sub-district), Sikkim
- What is the literacy rate of Gangtok Forest Block?70.6% (Census 2011)