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

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Village · Pakyong, East District 

# Losing

Losing is a village in Pakyong sub-district of East District district, Sikkim. The 2011 Census counted **445 people in 92 households**, the 23rd largest of 27 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 77.8%.

- 445people (2011)
- 92households
- 68.2%literacy
- 1,060females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Losing

Of every 100 households in Losing in 2011, 97 had electricity, 69 a toilet at home and 15 cooked with LPG; 75 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Losing · ■ Pakyong rural average

Electricity for lighting ****97%**

**91%

Toilet within the home ****69%**

**86%

No toilet (open defecation) ****31%**

**13%

Tap water ****73%**

**83%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**37%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****15%**

**31%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****84%**

**66%

Use banking services ****85%**

**64%

Television ****52%**

**54%

Mobile phone ****75%**

**71%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**2%

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

**5%

None of these assets ****14%**

**16%

Own their home ****81%**

**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 Losing?

■ Losing · ■ Pakyong rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.2%**

**77.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1060**

**936

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1037**

**1014

Working population ****50.1%**

**54.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.7% for men and 61.2% for women. 59% of men and 42% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 84 (38%) · **■** Farm labourers 10 (4%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 22 (10%) · **■** Marginal 105 (47%)

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

- Parkha820 people
- Tarethang736 people
- Linkey592 people
- Pacheykhani580 people
- Yangtam420 people
- Latuk301 people
- Riwa264 people
- Pakyong Forest Block72 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Losing?445 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Losing in?East District district (Pakyong sub-district), Sikkim
- What is the literacy rate of Losing?68.2% (Census 2011)