# Thangsing Village, Namchi, South District (Sikkim) – Population & Literacy, Census 2011

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Village · Namchi, South District 

# Thangsing

Thangsing is a village in Namchi sub-district of South District district, Sikkim. The 2011 Census counted **500 people in 97 households**, the 71st largest of 94 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 81.5%.

- 500people (2011)
- 97households
- 80.8%literacy
- 901females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Thangsing

Of every 100 households in Thangsing in 2011, 97 had electricity, 96 a toilet at home and 44 cooked with LPG; 61 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Thangsing · ■ Namchi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****97%**

**93%

Toilet within the home ****96%**

**85%

No toilet (open defecation) ****4%**

**15%

Tap water ****100%**

**90%

Drinking water within premises ****86%**

**51%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****44%**

**27%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****52%**

**70%

Use banking services ****54%**

**60%

Television ****40%**

**46%

Mobile phone ****61%**

**64%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****5%**

**5%

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

**23%

Own their home ****93%**

**79%

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 Thangsing?

■ Thangsing · ■ Namchi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.8%**

**81.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****901**

**918

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****958**

**975

Working population ****57.2%**

**52.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.3% for men and 72.4% for women. 60% of men and 54% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 100 (35%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 25 (9%) · **■** Marginal 159 (56%)

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 Namchi

- Gangchung546 people
- Pabong541 people
- Tingrithang514 people
- Passi500 people
- Nijarmeng498 people
- Tokdey487 people
- Sorok474 people
- Omchu453 people

[All 98 villages in Namchi](https://wherepedia.org/india/sikkim/south-district/namchi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Thangsing?500 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Thangsing in?South District district (Namchi sub-district), Sikkim
- What is the literacy rate of Thangsing?80.8% (Census 2011)