# Phodong Village, Mangan, North District (Sikkim) – Population & Literacy, Census 2011

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Village · Mangan, North District 

# Phodong

Phodong is a village in Mangan sub-district of North District district, Sikkim. The 2011 Census counted **821 people in 142 households**, the 15th largest of 44 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 86.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 76.6%.

- 821people (2011)
- 142households
- 86.5%literacy
- 974females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Phodong

Of every 100 households in Phodong in 2011, 91 had electricity, 92 a toilet at home and 29 cooked with LPG; 81 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 16 a car.

■ Phodong · ■ Mangan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****91%**

**85%

Toilet within the home ****92%**

**74%

No toilet (open defecation) ****8%**

**24%

Tap water ****41%**

**70%

Drinking water within premises ****24%**

**28%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****29%**

**20%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****66%**

**77%

Use banking services ****84%**

**66%

Television ****57%**

**41%

Mobile phone ****81%**

**63%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**3%

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

**5%

None of these assets ****14%**

**26%

Own their home ****56%**

**72%

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 Phodong?

■ Phodong · ■ Mangan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****86.5%**

**76.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****974**

**892

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****758**

**958

Working population ****26.2%**

**50.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.5% for men and 84.5% for women. 37% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 120 (56%) · **■** Marginal 94 (44%)

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 Mangan

- Tingbong992 people
- Salim Pakel873 people
- Gor861 people
- Sheyam854 people
- Ringhim811 people
- Tangyek686 people
- Paney-Phensong682 people
- Pakshep676 people

[All 46 villages in Mangan](https://wherepedia.org/india/sikkim/north-district/mangan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Phodong?821 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Phodong in?North District district (Mangan sub-district), Sikkim
- What is the literacy rate of Phodong?86.5% (Census 2011)