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

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Village · Gangtok, East District 

# Gnathang

Gnathang is a village in Gangtok sub-district of East District district, Sikkim. The 2011 Census counted **8,860 people in 913 households**, the 1st largest of 70 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 92.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 81.3%.

- 8,860people (2011)
- 913households
- 92.3%literacy
- 188females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gnathang

Of every 100 households in Gnathang in 2011, 84 had electricity, 82 a toilet at home and 39 cooked with LPG; 45 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 10 a car.

■ Gnathang · ■ Gangtok rural average

Electricity for lighting ****84%**

**91%

Toilet within the home ****82%**

**86%

No toilet (open defecation) ****4%**

**13%

Tap water ****59%**

**77%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**36%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****39%**

**33%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****10%**

**61%

Use banking services ****50%**

**54%

Television ****58%**

**52%

Mobile phone ****45%**

**68%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****10%**

**6%

None of these assets ****18%**

**18%

Own their home ****86%**

**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 Gnathang?

■ Gnathang · ■ Gangtok rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****92.3%**

**81.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****188**

**801

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****851**

**964

Working population ****86.1%**

**55.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 96.2% for men and 69.9% for women. 93% of men and 51% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 94 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 80 (1%) · **■** Household industry 12 (0%) · **■** Other work 7,045 (92%) · **■** Marginal 398 (5%)

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

- West Pendam6,587 people
- Central Pendam5,434 people
- Syari3,826 people
- Martam3,720 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gnathang?8,860 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gnathang in?East District district (Gangtok sub-district), Sikkim
- What is the literacy rate of Gnathang?92.3% (Census 2011)