# Chongpung Village, Gyalshing, West District (Sikkim)

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Village · Gyalshing, West District 

# Chongpung

Chongpung is a village in Gyalshing sub-district of West District district, Sikkim. The 2011 Census counted **714 people in 131 households**, the 37th largest of 68 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 76.4%.

- 714people (2011)
- 131households
- 71.8%literacy
- 930females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chongpung

Of every 100 households in Chongpung in 2011, 90 had electricity, 71 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Chongpung · ■ Gyalshing rural average

Electricity for lighting ****90%**

**90%

Toilet within the home ****71%**

**85%

No toilet (open defecation) ****29%**

**14%

Tap water ****100%**

**86%

Drinking water within premises ****92%**

**34%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**16%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**82%

Use banking services ****20%**

**82%

Television ****19%**

**35%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**56%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**5%

None of these assets ****44%**

**33%

Own their home ****50%**

**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 Chongpung?

■ Chongpung · ■ Gyalshing rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.8%**

**76.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****930**

**926

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****681**

**956

Working population ****48.6%**

**54.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.1% for men and 62.2% for women. 54% of men and 43% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 166 (48%) · **■** Farm labourers 6 (2%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 37 (11%) · **■** Marginal 137 (39%)

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

- Tingle II753 people
- Dentam749 people
- Tingle I730 people
- Sapong717 people
- Khachodpalri696 people
- Gangyep695 people
- Mengyong695 people
- Dubdi688 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chongpung?714 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chongpung in?West District district (Gyalshing sub-district), Sikkim
- What is the literacy rate of Chongpung?71.8% (Census 2011)