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

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Village · Gyalshing, West District 

# Dentam

Dentam is a village in Gyalshing sub-district of West District district, Sikkim. The 2011 Census counted **749 people in 139 households**, the 34th largest of 68 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 76.4%.

- 749people (2011)
- 139households
- 84.8%literacy
- 836females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dentam

Of every 100 households in Dentam in 2011, 98 had electricity, 99 a toilet at home and 68 cooked with LPG; 79 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 22 a car.

■ Dentam · ■ Gyalshing rural average

Electricity for lighting ****98%**

**90%

Toilet within the home ****99%**

**85%

No toilet (open defecation) ****1%**

**14%

Tap water ****98%**

**86%

Drinking water within premises ****98%**

**34%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****68%**

**16%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****31%**

**82%

Use banking services ****84%**

**82%

Television ****80%**

**35%

Mobile phone ****79%**

**56%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****22%**

**5%

None of these assets ****12%**

**33%

Own their home ****42%**

**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 Dentam?

■ Dentam · ■ Gyalshing rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.8%**

**76.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****836**

**926

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1200**

**956

Working population ****55.8%**

**54.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.4% for men and 80.3% for women. 59% of men and 52% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 78 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 3 (1%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 268 (64%) · **■** Marginal 68 (16%)

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

- Sopakha820 people
- Pecherek804 people
- Sardong765 people
- Tingle II753 people
- Tingle I730 people
- Sapong717 people
- Chongpung714 people
- Khachodpalri696 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dentam?749 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dentam in?West District district (Gyalshing sub-district), Sikkim
- What is the literacy rate of Dentam?84.8% (Census 2011)