# Pakyong Forest Block Village, Pakyong, East District (Sikkim)

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Village · Pakyong, East District 

# Pakyong Forest Block

Pakyong Forest Block is a village in Pakyong sub-district of East District district, Sikkim. The 2011 Census counted **72 people in 13 households**, the 27th largest of 27 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 77.8%.

- 72people (2011)
- 13households
- 73.4%literacy
- 532females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Pakyong Forest Block

Of every 100 households in Pakyong Forest Block in 2011, 100 had electricity, 100 a toilet at home and 82 cooked with LPG; 100 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Pakyong Forest Block · ■ Pakyong rural average

Electricity for lighting ****100%**

**91%

Toilet within the home ****100%**

**86%

No toilet (open defecation) ****0%**

**13%

Tap water ****100%**

**83%

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

**37%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****82%**

**31%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****18%**

**66%

Use banking services ****100%**

**64%

Television ****64%**

**54%

Mobile phone ****100%**

**71%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**5%

None of these assets ****0%**

**16%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Pakyong Forest Block?

■ Pakyong Forest Block · ■ Pakyong rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.4%**

**77.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****532**

**936

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****333**

**1014

Working population ****55.6%**

**54.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.6% for men and 69.6% for women. 51% of men and 64% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 20 (50%) · **■** Other work 11 (28%) · **■** Marginal 9 (22%)

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

- Losing445 people
- Yangtam420 people
- Latuk301 people
- Riwa264 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Pakyong Forest Block?72 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pakyong Forest Block in?East District district (Pakyong sub-district), Sikkim
- What is the literacy rate of Pakyong Forest Block?73.4% (Census 2011)