# Tsalumthang Village, Pakyong, East District (Sikkim)

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Village · Pakyong, East District 

# Tsalumthang

Tsalumthang is a village in Pakyong sub-district of East District district, Sikkim. The 2011 Census counted **1,031 people in 221 households**, the 14th largest of 27 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 77.8%.

- 1,031people (2011)
- 221households
- 84.4%literacy
- 790females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Tsalumthang

Of every 100 households in Tsalumthang in 2011, 97 had electricity, 90 a toilet at home and 63 cooked with LPG; 91 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 16 a car.

■ Tsalumthang · ■ Pakyong rural average

Electricity for lighting ****97%**

**91%

Toilet within the home ****90%**

**86%

No toilet (open defecation) ****10%**

**13%

Tap water ****100%**

**83%

Drinking water within premises ****99%**

**37%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****63%**

**31%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****27%**

**66%

Use banking services ****81%**

**64%

Television ****70%**

**54%

Mobile phone ****91%**

**71%

Computer with internet ****6%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****16%**

**5%

None of these assets ****3%**

**16%

Own their home ****55%**

**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 Tsalumthang?

■ Tsalumthang · ■ Pakyong rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.4%**

**77.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****790**

**936

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****877**

**1014

Working population ****53.0%**

**54.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.9% for men and 82.5% for women. 66% of men and 37% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 43 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 48 (9%) · **■** Household industry 8 (1%) · **■** Other work 309 (57%) · **■** Marginal 138 (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

- Biring1,322 people
- Machong1,311 people
- Aho1,240 people
- Chochenpheri1,120 people
- Dikling976 people
- Changey Senti951 people
- Pachak919 people
- Thekabung890 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Tsalumthang?1,031 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tsalumthang in?East District district (Pakyong sub-district), Sikkim
- What is the literacy rate of Tsalumthang?84.4% (Census 2011)