# Tshalumthang Village, Gangtok, East District (Sikkim)

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Village · Gangtok, East District 

# Tshalumthang

Tshalumthang is a village in Gangtok sub-district of East District district, Sikkim. The 2011 Census counted **1,405 people in 300 households**, the 27th largest of 70 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 81.3%.

- 1,405people (2011)
- 300households
- 80.1%literacy
- 919females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Tshalumthang

Of every 100 households in Tshalumthang in 2011, 94 had electricity, 85 a toilet at home and 28 cooked with LPG; 38 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Tshalumthang · ■ Gangtok rural average

Electricity for lighting ****94%**

**91%

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

**86%

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

**13%

Tap water ****60%**

**77%

Drinking water within premises ****27%**

**36%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****28%**

**33%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****66%**

**61%

Use banking services ****48%**

**54%

Television ****36%**

**52%

Mobile phone ****38%**

**68%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**3%

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

**6%

None of these assets ****41%**

**18%

Own their home ****77%**

**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 Tshalumthang?

■ Tshalumthang · ■ Gangtok rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.1%**

**81.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****919**

**801

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1113**

**964

Working population ****52.7%**

**55.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.7% for men and 72.7% for women. 61% of men and 44% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 203 (27%) · **■** Farm labourers 17 (2%) · **■** Household industry 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 402 (54%) · **■** Marginal 116 (16%)

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

- Khamdong1,669 people
- Rawate-Rumtek1,573 people
- Shotak1,541 people
- Sherwani1,489 people
- Sumen1,305 people
- Barbing1,276 people
- Naitam1,265 people
- Phengyong1,256 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Tshalumthang?1,405 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tshalumthang in?East District district (Gangtok sub-district), Sikkim
- What is the literacy rate of Tshalumthang?80.1% (Census 2011)