# Temphyak Mendu Village, Gangtok, East District (Sikkim)

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Village · Gangtok, East District 

# Temphyak Mendu

Temphyak Mendu is a village in Gangtok sub-district of East District district, Sikkim. The 2011 Census counted **552 people in 115 households**, the 49th largest of 70 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 92.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 81.3%.

- 552people (2011)
- 115households
- 92.8%literacy
- 865females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Temphyak Mendu

Of every 100 households in Temphyak Mendu in 2011, 91 had electricity, 92 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 64 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Temphyak Mendu · ■ Gangtok rural average

Electricity for lighting ****91%**

**91%

Toilet within the home ****92%**

**86%

No toilet (open defecation) ****8%**

**13%

Tap water ****100%**

**77%

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

**36%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**33%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**61%

Use banking services ****62%**

**54%

Television ****40%**

**52%

Mobile phone ****64%**

**68%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**3%

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

**6%

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

**18%

Own their home ****58%**

**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 Temphyak Mendu?

■ Temphyak Mendu · ■ Gangtok rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****92.8%**

**81.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****865**

**801

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****806**

**964

Working population ****43.8%**

**55.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 96.9% for men and 88.1% for women. 56% of men and 29% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 58 (24%) · **■** Farm labourers 4 (2%) · **■** Other work 72 (30%) · **■** Marginal 108 (45%)

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

- Ranka609 people
- Rey594 people
- Mangthang575 people
- Aritar556 people
- Beng535 people
- Chinze517 people
- Byang495 people
- Parbing459 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Temphyak Mendu?552 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Temphyak Mendu in?East District district (Gangtok sub-district), Sikkim
- What is the literacy rate of Temphyak Mendu?92.8% (Census 2011)