# Biring Village, Pakyong, East District (Sikkim) – Population & Literacy, Census 2011

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Village · Pakyong, East District 

# Biring

Biring is a village in Pakyong sub-district of East District district, Sikkim. The 2011 Census counted **1,322 people in 275 households**, the 10th largest of 27 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 77.8%.

- 1,322people (2011)
- 275households
- 77.3%literacy
- 897females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Biring

Of every 100 households in Biring in 2011, 90 had electricity, 88 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 50 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Biring · ■ Pakyong rural average

Electricity for lighting ****90%**

**91%

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

**86%

No toilet (open defecation) ****12%**

**13%

Tap water ****89%**

**83%

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

**37%

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

**31%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**66%

Use banking services ****55%**

**64%

Television ****36%**

**54%

Mobile phone ****50%**

**71%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**5%

None of these assets ****31%**

**16%

Own their home ****95%**

**76%

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 Biring?

■ Biring · ■ Pakyong rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.3%**

**77.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****897**

**936

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****662**

**1014

Working population ****67.0%**

**54.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.2% for men and 66.6% for women. 68% of men and 66% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 477 (54%) · **■** Farm labourers 56 (6%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 122 (14%) · **■** Marginal 226 (26%)

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 Pakyong

- Taza1,899 people
- Kamarey Bhasmey1,861 people
- Chhota Singtam1,574 people
- East Pendam1,557 people
- Machong1,311 people
- Aho1,240 people
- Chochenpheri1,120 people
- Tsalumthang1,031 people

[All 29 villages in Pakyong](https://wherepedia.org/india/sikkim/east-district/pakyong/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Biring?1,322 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Biring in?East District district (Pakyong sub-district), Sikkim
- What is the literacy rate of Biring?77.3% (Census 2011)