# Thekabung Village, Pakyong, East District (Sikkim)

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Village · Pakyong, East District 

# Thekabung

Thekabung is a village in Pakyong sub-district of East District district, Sikkim. The 2011 Census counted **890 people in 190 households**, the 18th largest of 27 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 77.8%.

- 890people (2011)
- 190households
- 74.9%literacy
- 952females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Thekabung

Of every 100 households in Thekabung in 2011, 95 had electricity, 83 a toilet at home and 12 cooked with LPG; 72 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Thekabung · ■ Pakyong rural average

Electricity for lighting ****95%**

**91%

Toilet within the home ****83%**

**86%

No toilet (open defecation) ****14%**

**13%

Tap water ****75%**

**83%

Drinking water within premises ****18%**

**37%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****12%**

**31%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****88%**

**66%

Use banking services ****90%**

**64%

Television ****63%**

**54%

Mobile phone ****72%**

**71%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**5%

None of these assets ****13%**

**16%

Own their home ****92%**

**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 Thekabung?

■ Thekabung · ■ Pakyong rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.9%**

**77.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****952**

**936

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****860**

**1014

Working population ****52.1%**

**54.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.9% for men and 70.8% for women. 59% of men and 45% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 206 (44%) · **■** Farm labourers 8 (2%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 134 (29%) · **■** Marginal 114 (25%)

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

- Tsalumthang1,031 people
- Dikling976 people
- Changey Senti951 people
- Pachak919 people
- Parkha820 people
- Tarethang736 people
- Linkey592 people
- Pacheykhani580 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Thekabung?890 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Thekabung in?East District district (Pakyong sub-district), Sikkim
- What is the literacy rate of Thekabung?74.9% (Census 2011)