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

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Village · Gyalshing, West District 

# Bhaluthang

Bhaluthang is a village in Gyalshing sub-district of West District district, Sikkim. The 2011 Census counted **934 people in 191 households**, the 26th largest of 68 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 76.4%.

- 934people (2011)
- 191households
- 75.7%literacy
- 879females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bhaluthang

Of every 100 households in Bhaluthang in 2011, 97 had electricity, 90 a toilet at home and 14 cooked with LPG; 66 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bhaluthang · ■ Gyalshing rural average

Electricity for lighting ****97%**

**90%

Toilet within the home ****90%**

**85%

No toilet (open defecation) ****9%**

**14%

Tap water ****94%**

**86%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**34%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****14%**

**16%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****86%**

**82%

Use banking services ****82%**

**82%

Television ****36%**

**35%

Mobile phone ****66%**

**56%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**2%

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

**5%

None of these assets ****28%**

**33%

Own their home ****91%**

**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 Bhaluthang?

■ Bhaluthang · ■ Gyalshing rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.7%**

**76.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****879**

**926

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1333**

**956

Working population ****54.0%**

**54.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.0% for men and 65.9% for women. 58% of men and 50% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 278 (55%) · **■** Farm labourers 39 (8%) · **■** Household industry 37 (7%) · **■** Other work 117 (23%) · **■** Marginal 33 (7%)

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

- Unglok1,201 people
- Nambu1,156 people
- Yangten1,117 people
- Tikjya1,090 people
- Arithang928 people
- Lungzik847 people
- Mangmo827 people
- Sopakha820 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bhaluthang?934 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bhaluthang in?West District district (Gyalshing sub-district), Sikkim
- What is the literacy rate of Bhaluthang?75.7% (Census 2011)