# Dhupidara Village, Gyalshing, West District (Sikkim)

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Village · Gyalshing, West District 

# Dhupidara

Dhupidara is a village in Gyalshing sub-district of West District district, Sikkim. The 2011 Census counted **384 people in 67 households**, the 59th largest of 68 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 76.4%.

- 384people (2011)
- 67households
- 65.7%literacy
- 949females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dhupidara

Of every 100 households in Dhupidara in 2011, 96 had electricity, 93 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 59 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Dhupidara · ■ Gyalshing rural average

Electricity for lighting ****96%**

**90%

Toilet within the home ****93%**

**85%

No toilet (open defecation) ****7%**

**14%

Tap water ****22%**

**86%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**34%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**16%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**82%

Use banking services ****99%**

**82%

Television ****18%**

**35%

Mobile phone ****59%**

**56%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**5%

None of these assets ****39%**

**33%

Own their home ****82%**

**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 Dhupidara?

■ Dhupidara · ■ Gyalshing rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.7%**

**76.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****949**

**926

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1190**

**956

Working population ****47.7%**

**54.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.2% for men and 58.6% for women. 49% of men and 46% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 70 (38%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 19 (10%) · **■** Marginal 93 (51%)

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

- Labdang483 people
- Singlitam476 people
- Tingbrum473 people
- Mangnam463 people
- Gyaten340 people
- Topung313 people
- Sindrang282 people
- Singrangpung269 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dhupidara?384 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dhupidara in?West District district (Gyalshing sub-district), Sikkim
- What is the literacy rate of Dhupidara?65.7% (Census 2011)