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

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Village · Pakyong, East District 

# Dikling

Dikling is a village in Pakyong sub-district of East District district, Sikkim. The 2011 Census counted **976 people in 218 households**, the 15th largest of 27 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 77.8%.

- 976people (2011)
- 218households
- 78.9%literacy
- 937females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dikling

Of every 100 households in Dikling in 2011, 98 had electricity, 97 a toilet at home and 46 cooked with LPG; 78 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 11 a car.

■ Dikling · ■ Pakyong rural average

Electricity for lighting ****98%**

**91%

Toilet within the home ****97%**

**86%

No toilet (open defecation) ****3%**

**13%

Tap water ****81%**

**83%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**37%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****46%**

**31%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****50%**

**66%

Use banking services ****64%**

**64%

Television ****72%**

**54%

Mobile phone ****78%**

**71%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****11%**

**5%

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

**16%

Own their home ****76%**

**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 Dikling?

■ Dikling · ■ Pakyong rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.9%**

**77.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****937**

**936

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1061**

**1014

Working population ****49.2%**

**54.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.2% for men and 73.1% for women. 53% of men and 45% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 28 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 22 (5%) · **■** Other work 178 (37%) · **■** Marginal 252 (52%)

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

- Machong1,311 people
- Aho1,240 people
- Chochenpheri1,120 people
- Tsalumthang1,031 people
- Changey Senti951 people
- Pachak919 people
- Thekabung890 people
- Parkha820 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dikling?976 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dikling in?East District district (Pakyong sub-district), Sikkim
- What is the literacy rate of Dikling?78.9% (Census 2011)