# Shipgyer Village, Chungthang, North District (Sikkim)

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Village · Chungthang, North District 

# Shipgyer

Shipgyer is a village in Chungthang sub-district of North District district, Sikkim. The 2011 Census counted **710 people in 225 households**, the 5th largest of 8 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 85.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 79.4%.

- 710people (2011)
- 225households
- 85.4%literacy
- 550females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shipgyer

Of every 100 households in Shipgyer in 2011, 93 had electricity, 82 a toilet at home and 7 cooked with LPG; 42 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Shipgyer · ■ Chungthang rural average

Electricity for lighting ****93%**

**90%

Toilet within the home ****82%**

**76%

No toilet (open defecation) ****18%**

**22%

Tap water ****59%**

**69%

Drinking water within premises ****30%**

**46%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****7%**

**22%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****67%**

**58%

Use banking services ****39%**

**58%

Television ****21%**

**51%

Mobile phone ****42%**

**69%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**2%

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

**11%

None of these assets ****34%**

**17%

Own their home ****52%**

**56%

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 Shipgyer?

■ Shipgyer · ■ Chungthang rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****85.4%**

**79.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****550**

**448

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****919**

**830

Working population ****62.7%**

**69.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.0% for men and 76.6% for women. 78% of men and 35% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 30 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 34 (8%) · **■** Other work 308 (69%) · **■** Marginal 73 (16%)

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 Chungthang

- Chungthang3,970 people
- Lachung2,495 people
- Lachen1,325 people
- Thangu Forest Block1,294 people
- Tung237 people
- Lachung Forest Block4 people
- Lachen Forest Block3 people

[All 9 villages in Chungthang](https://wherepedia.org/india/sikkim/north-district/chungthang/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shipgyer?710 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shipgyer in?North District district (Chungthang sub-district), Sikkim
- What is the literacy rate of Shipgyer?85.4% (Census 2011)