# Shyagyong-Rumtek Village, Gangtok, East District (Sikkim)

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Village · Gangtok, East District 

# Shyagyong-Rumtek

Shyagyong-Rumtek is a village in Gangtok sub-district of East District district, Sikkim. The 2011 Census counted **1,897 people in 391 households**, the 19th largest of 70 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 81.3%.

- 1,897people (2011)
- 391households
- 72.7%literacy
- 815females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shyagyong-Rumtek

Of every 100 households in Shyagyong-Rumtek in 2011, 97 had electricity, 88 a toilet at home and 58 cooked with LPG; 70 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 10 a car.

■ Shyagyong-Rumtek · ■ Gangtok rural average

Electricity for lighting ****97%**

**91%

Toilet within the home ****88%**

**86%

No toilet (open defecation) ****10%**

**13%

Tap water ****50%**

**77%

Drinking water within premises ****43%**

**36%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****58%**

**33%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****39%**

**61%

Use banking services ****67%**

**54%

Television ****69%**

**52%

Mobile phone ****70%**

**68%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**3%

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

**6%

None of these assets ****10%**

**18%

Own their home ****72%**

**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 Shyagyong-Rumtek?

■ Shyagyong-Rumtek · ■ Gangtok rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.7%**

**81.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****815**

**801

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****786**

**964

Working population ****41.8%**

**55.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.0% for men and 71.1% for women. 47% of men and 36% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 108 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 105 (13%) · **■** Household industry 17 (2%) · **■** Other work 424 (53%) · **■** Marginal 139 (18%)

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

- Samdong2,125 people
- Lingzey2,055 people
- Luing2,019 people
- Singbel1,979 people
- Tintek1,778 people
- Raley-Khese1,712 people
- Assam1,686 people
- Khamdong1,669 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shyagyong-Rumtek?1,897 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shyagyong-Rumtek in?East District district (Gangtok sub-district), Sikkim
- What is the literacy rate of Shyagyong-Rumtek?72.7% (Census 2011)