# Pepthang Village, Ravong, South District (Sikkim) – Population

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Village · Ravong, South District 

# Pepthang

Pepthang is a village in Ravong sub-district of South District district, Sikkim. The 2011 Census counted **444 people in 73 households**, the 39th largest of 46 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 78.1%.

- 444people (2011)
- 73households
- 68.6%literacy
- 850females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Pepthang

Of every 100 households in Pepthang in 2011, 70 had electricity, 77 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 43 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Pepthang · ■ Ravong rural average

Electricity for lighting ****70%**

**84%

Toilet within the home ****77%**

**85%

No toilet (open defecation) ****23%**

**14%

Tap water ****88%**

**91%

Drinking water within premises ****45%**

**68%

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

**18%

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

**78%

Use banking services ****70%**

**69%

Television ****20%**

**38%

Mobile phone ****43%**

**65%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**2%

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

**5%

None of these assets ****40%**

**26%

Own their home ****86%**

**75%

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 Pepthang?

■ Pepthang · ■ Ravong rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.6%**

**78.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****850**

**893

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1450**

**928

Working population ****47.7%**

**54.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.2% for men and 62.9% for women. 55% of men and 40% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 1 (0%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 37 (17%) · **■** Marginal 173 (82%)

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 Ravong

- Upper Paiyong517 people
- Lingdong506 people
- Sokpay471 people
- Kewzing448 people
- Kau399 people
- Hingdam360 people
- Lamting335 people
- Ralong Monastery300 people

[All 50 villages in Ravong](https://wherepedia.org/india/sikkim/south-district/ravong/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Pepthang?444 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pepthang in?South District district (Ravong sub-district), Sikkim
- What is the literacy rate of Pepthang?68.6% (Census 2011)