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

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Village · Gyalshing, West District 

# Chongrang

Chongrang is a village in Gyalshing sub-district of West District district, Sikkim. The 2011 Census counted **1,456 people in 293 households**, the 16th largest of 68 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 76.4%.

- 1,456people (2011)
- 293households
- 79.9%literacy
- 888females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chongrang

Of every 100 households in Chongrang in 2011, 86 had electricity, 88 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 39 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 6 a car.

■ Chongrang · ■ Gyalshing rural average

Electricity for lighting ****86%**

**90%

Toilet within the home ****88%**

**85%

No toilet (open defecation) ****12%**

**14%

Tap water ****98%**

**86%

Drinking water within premises ****40%**

**34%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**16%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**82%

Use banking services ****59%**

**82%

Television ****27%**

**35%

Mobile phone ****39%**

**56%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**2%

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

**5%

None of these assets ****43%**

**33%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Chongrang?

■ Chongrang · ■ Gyalshing rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.9%**

**76.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****888**

**926

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1130**

**956

Working population ****46.2%**

**54.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.7% for men and 73.1% for women. 50% of men and 42% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 528 (79%) · **■** Farm labourers 70 (10%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 49 (7%) · **■** Marginal 24 (4%)

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

- Darap1,743 people
- Laso1,699 people
- Barphok1,549 people
- Tashiding1,478 people
- Gyalshing1,368 people
- Karmatar1,284 people
- Naku1,251 people
- Gerethang1,236 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chongrang?1,456 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chongrang in?West District district (Gyalshing sub-district), Sikkim
- What is the literacy rate of Chongrang?79.9% (Census 2011)