# Sakyong-Pentong Village, Mangan, North District (Sikkim)

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Village · Mangan, North District 

# Sakyong-Pentong

Sakyong-Pentong is a village in Mangan sub-district of North District district, Sikkim. The 2011 Census counted **171 people in 37 households**, the 39th largest of 44 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 87.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 76.6%.

- 171people (2011)
- 37households
- 87.5%literacy
- 819females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sakyong-Pentong

Of every 100 households in Sakyong-Pentong in 2011, 95 had electricity, 76 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 65 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sakyong-Pentong · ■ Mangan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****95%**

**85%

Toilet within the home ****76%**

**74%

No toilet (open defecation) ****24%**

**24%

Tap water ****86%**

**70%

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

**28%

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

**20%

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

**77%

Use banking services ****100%**

**66%

Television ****35%**

**41%

Mobile phone ****65%**

**63%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**3%

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

**5%

None of these assets ****24%**

**26%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Sakyong-Pentong?

■ Sakyong-Pentong · ■ Mangan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****87.5%**

**76.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****819**

**892

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****900**

**958

Working population ****73.7%**

**50.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 96.4% for men and 76.5% for women. 74% of men and 73% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 71 (56%) · **■** Other work 24 (19%) · **■** Marginal 31 (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 Mangan

- Nampatam381 people
- Gnon-Samdong333 people
- Lum331 people
- Phamtam248 people
- Meyong130 people
- Naga Forest Block10 people
- Phodong Forest Block10 people
- Mangan Forest Block9 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sakyong-Pentong?171 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sakyong-Pentong in?North District district (Mangan sub-district), Sikkim
- What is the literacy rate of Sakyong-Pentong?87.5% (Census 2011)