# Gangyep Village, Gyalshing, West District (Sikkim)

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Village · Gyalshing, West District 

# Gangyep

Gangyep is a village in Gyalshing sub-district of West District district, Sikkim. The 2011 Census counted **695 people in 127 households**, the 39th largest of 68 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 76.4%.

- 695people (2011)
- 127households
- 68.2%literacy
- 925females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gangyep

Of every 100 households in Gangyep in 2011, 84 had electricity, 90 a toilet at home and 7 cooked with LPG; 42 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Gangyep · ■ Gyalshing rural average

Electricity for lighting ****84%**

**90%

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

**85%

No toilet (open defecation) ****10%**

**14%

Tap water ****79%**

**86%

Drinking water within premises ****34%**

**34%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****7%**

**16%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**82%

Use banking services ****15%**

**82%

Television ****18%**

**35%

Mobile phone ****42%**

**56%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**2%

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

**5%

None of these assets ****55%**

**33%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Gangyep?

■ Gangyep · ■ Gyalshing rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.2%**

**76.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****925**

**926

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1129**

**956

Working population ****55.5%**

**54.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.0% for men and 55.2% for women. 55% of men and 56% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 273 (71%) · **■** Farm labourers 7 (2%) · **■** Other work 49 (13%) · **■** Marginal 57 (15%)

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 I730 people
- Sapong717 people
- Chongpung714 people
- Khachodpalri696 people
- Mengyong695 people
- Dubdi688 people
- Bangten673 people
- Meliaching666 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gangyep?695 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gangyep in?West District district (Gyalshing sub-district), Sikkim
- What is the literacy rate of Gangyep?68.2% (Census 2011)