# Barnyak Village, Gyalshing, West District (Sikkim) – Population & Literacy, Census 2011

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Village · Gyalshing, West District 

# Barnyak

Barnyak is a village in Gyalshing sub-district of West District district, Sikkim. The 2011 Census counted **2,512 people in 503 households**, the 4th largest of 68 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 76.4%.

- 2,512people (2011)
- 503households
- 77.5%literacy
- 1,000females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Barnyak

Of every 100 households in Barnyak in 2011, 94 had electricity, 74 a toilet at home and 15 cooked with LPG; 57 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 6 a car.

■ Barnyak · ■ Gyalshing rural average

Electricity for lighting ****94%**

**90%

Toilet within the home ****74%**

**85%

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

**14%

Tap water ****96%**

**86%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**34%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****15%**

**16%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****82%**

**82%

Use banking services ****78%**

**82%

Television ****38%**

**35%

Mobile phone ****57%**

**56%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****6%**

**5%

None of these assets ****34%**

**33%

Own their home ****81%**

**84%

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 Barnyak?

■ Barnyak · ■ Gyalshing rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.5%**

**76.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1000**

**926

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1138**

**956

Working population ****72.3%**

**54.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.8% for men and 71.2% for women. 73% of men and 71% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 867 (48%) · **■** Farm labourers 146 (8%) · **■** Household industry 14 (1%) · **■** Other work 215 (12%) · **■** Marginal 575 (32%)

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 Gyalshing

- Maneybung3,407 people
- Yangthang2,931 people
- Hee2,514 people
- Lingchom2,040 people
- Umchung2,035 people
- Martam1,963 people
- Sangkhu1,963 people

[All 73 villages in Gyalshing](https://wherepedia.org/india/sikkim/west-district/gyalshing/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Barnyak?2,512 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Barnyak in?West District district (Gyalshing sub-district), Sikkim
- What is the literacy rate of Barnyak?77.5% (Census 2011)