# Thangu Forest Block Village, Chungthang – Population

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Village · Chungthang, North District 

# Thangu Forest Block

Thangu Forest Block is a village in Chungthang sub-district of North District district, Sikkim. The 2011 Census counted **1,294 people in 63 households**, the 4th largest of 8 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 94.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 79.4%.

- 1,294people (2011)
- 63households
- 94.1%literacy
- 143females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Thangu Forest Block

Of every 100 households in Thangu Forest Block in 2011, 0 had electricity, 24 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 0 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Thangu Forest Block · ■ Chungthang rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**90%

Toilet within the home ****24%**

**76%

No toilet (open defecation) ****38%**

**22%

Tap water ****19%**

**69%

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

**46%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**22%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**58%

Use banking services ****0%**

**58%

Television ****0%**

**51%

Mobile phone ****0%**

**69%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**2%

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

**11%

None of these assets ****52%**

**17%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Thangu Forest Block?

■ Thangu Forest Block · ■ Chungthang rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****94.1%**

**79.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****143**

**448

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1500**

**830

Working population ****97.5%**

**69.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 96.3% for men and 78.2% for women. 99% of men and 87% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 17 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 26 (2%) · **■** Other work 1,068 (85%) · **■** Marginal 151 (12%)

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
- Shipgyer710 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 Thangu Forest Block?1,294 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Thangu Forest Block in?North District district (Chungthang sub-district), Sikkim
- What is the literacy rate of Thangu Forest Block?94.1% (Census 2011)