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

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Village · Pakyong, East District 

# Chochenpheri

Chochenpheri is a village in Pakyong sub-district of East District district, Sikkim. The 2011 Census counted **1,120 people in 232 households**, the 13th largest of 27 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 77.8%.

- 1,120people (2011)
- 232households
- 61.2%literacy
- 948females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chochenpheri

Of every 100 households in Chochenpheri in 2011, 92 had electricity, 87 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 46 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Chochenpheri · ■ Pakyong rural average

Electricity for lighting ****92%**

**91%

Toilet within the home ****87%**

**86%

No toilet (open defecation) ****13%**

**13%

Tap water ****87%**

**83%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**37%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**31%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**66%

Use banking services ****45%**

**64%

Television ****18%**

**54%

Mobile phone ****46%**

**71%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**5%

None of these assets ****35%**

**16%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Chochenpheri?

■ Chochenpheri · ■ Pakyong rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.2%**

**77.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****948**

**936

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1068**

**1014

Working population ****49.6%**

**54.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 67.6% for men and 54.4% for women. 59% of men and 39% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 35 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 264 (48%) · **■** Household industry 6 (1%) · **■** Other work 49 (9%) · **■** Marginal 201 (36%)

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

- East Pendam1,557 people
- Biring1,322 people
- Machong1,311 people
- Aho1,240 people
- Tsalumthang1,031 people
- Dikling976 people
- Changey Senti951 people
- Pachak919 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chochenpheri?1,120 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chochenpheri in?East District district (Pakyong sub-district), Sikkim
- What is the literacy rate of Chochenpheri?61.2% (Census 2011)