Village · Gangtok, East District
# Phengyong

Phengyong is a village in Gangtok sub-district of East District district, Sikkim. The 2011 Census counted 1,256 people in 222 households, the 31st largest of 70 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 81.3%.
- 1,256 people (2011)
- 222 households
- 82.5% literacy
- 941 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Phengyong

Of every 100 households in Phengyong in 2011, 99 had electricity, 99 a toilet at home and 41 cooked with LPG; 73 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 16 a car.

■ Phengyong · ■ Gangtok rural average
- Electricity for lighting 99% 91%
- Toilet within the home 99% 86%
- No toilet (open defecation) 1% 13%
- Tap water 100% 77%
- Drinking water within premises 25% 36%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 41% 33%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 56% 61%
- Use banking services 58% 54%
- Television 70% 52%
- Mobile phone 73% 68%
- Computer with internet 1% 2%
- Two-wheeler 7% 3%
- Car / jeep / van 16% 6%
- None of these assets 13% 18%
- Own their home 60% 69%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Phengyong?

■ Phengyong · ■ Gangtok rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 82.5% 81.3%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 941 801
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 714 964
- Working population 64.9% 55.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.6% for men and 75.2% for women. 65% of men and 65% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 56 (7%) · ■ Farm labourers 39 (5%) · ■ Household industry 6 (1%) · ■ Other work 200 (25%) · ■ Marginal 514 (63%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Gangtok
- Tshalumthang 1,405 people
- Sumen 1,305 people
- Barbing 1,276 people
- Naitam 1,265 people
- Namli 1,203 people
- Chuba 1,178 people
- Kambal 1,049 people
- Penlong 1,022 people

All 75 villages in Gangtok

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Phengyong? 1,256 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Phengyong in? East District district (Gangtok sub-district), Sikkim
- What is the literacy rate of Phengyong? 82.5% (Census 2011)

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