# Pangthang Forest Block Village, Gangtok – Population

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Village · Gangtok, East District 

# Pangthang Forest Block

Pangthang Forest Block is a village in Gangtok sub-district of East District district, Sikkim. The 2011 Census counted **399 people in 87 households**, the 57th largest of 70 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 81.3%.

- 399people (2011)
- 87households
- 80.5%literacy
- 918females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Pangthang Forest Block

Of every 100 households in Pangthang Forest Block in 2011, 93 had electricity, 85 a toilet at home and 10 cooked with LPG; 72 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Pangthang Forest Block · ■ Gangtok rural average

Electricity for lighting ****93%**

**91%

Toilet within the home ****85%**

**86%

No toilet (open defecation) ****15%**

**13%

Tap water ****88%**

**77%

Drinking water within premises ****17%**

**36%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****10%**

**33%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****90%**

**61%

Use banking services ****52%**

**54%

Television ****52%**

**52%

Mobile phone ****72%**

**68%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**6%

None of these assets ****14%**

**18%

Own their home ****68%**

**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 Pangthang Forest Block?

■ Pangthang Forest Block · ■ Gangtok rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.5%**

**81.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****918**

**801

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**964

Working population ****39.3%**

**55.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.9% for men and 74.7% for women. 51% of men and 26% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 10 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 38 (24%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 102 (65%) · **■** Marginal 5 (3%)

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

- Parbing459 people
- Namgeythang451 people
- Namok442 people
- Rapdang424 people
- Sakyong386 people
- Lingzey384 people
- Tumlabung383 people
- Bhusuk374 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Pangthang Forest Block?399 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pangthang Forest Block in?East District district (Gangtok sub-district), Sikkim
- What is the literacy rate of Pangthang Forest Block?80.5% (Census 2011)