# Mangthang Village, Gangtok, East District (Sikkim)

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Village · Gangtok, East District 

# Mangthang

Mangthang is a village in Gangtok sub-district of East District district, Sikkim. The 2011 Census counted **575 people in 124 households**, the 47th largest of 70 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 81.3%.

- 575people (2011)
- 124households
- 74.7%literacy
- 879females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mangthang

Of every 100 households in Mangthang in 2011, 90 had electricity, 82 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Mangthang · ■ Gangtok rural average

Electricity for lighting ****90%**

**91%

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

**86%

No toilet (open defecation) ****18%**

**13%

Tap water ****2%**

**77%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**36%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**33%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**61%

Use banking services ****11%**

**54%

Television ****22%**

**52%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**68%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**3%

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

**6%

None of these assets ****60%**

**18%

Own their home ****90%**

**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 Mangthang?

■ Mangthang · ■ Gangtok rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.7%**

**81.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****879**

**801

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****871**

**964

Working population ****53.7%**

**55.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.5% for men and 71.5% for women. 58% of men and 49% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 3 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 152 (49%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 64 (21%) · **■** Marginal 87 (28%)

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

- Navey678 people
- Budang Thangsing677 people
- Ranka609 people
- Rey594 people
- Aritar556 people
- Temphyak Mendu552 people
- Beng535 people
- Chinze517 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Mangthang?575 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mangthang in?East District district (Gangtok sub-district), Sikkim
- What is the literacy rate of Mangthang?74.7% (Census 2011)