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

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Village · Gyalshing, West District 

# Gerethang

Gerethang is a village in Gyalshing sub-district of West District district, Sikkim. The 2011 Census counted **1,236 people in 239 households**, the 20th largest of 68 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 85.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 76.4%.

- 1,236people (2011)
- 239households
- 85.9%literacy
- 953females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gerethang

Of every 100 households in Gerethang in 2011, 95 had electricity, 98 a toilet at home and 15 cooked with LPG; 43 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Gerethang · ■ Gyalshing rural average

Electricity for lighting ****95%**

**90%

Toilet within the home ****98%**

**85%

No toilet (open defecation) ****2%**

**14%

Tap water ****94%**

**86%

Drinking water within premises ****31%**

**34%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****15%**

**16%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****82%**

**82%

Use banking services ****95%**

**82%

Television ****24%**

**35%

Mobile phone ****43%**

**56%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**5%

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

**33%

Own their home ****88%**

**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 Gerethang?

■ Gerethang · ■ Gyalshing rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****85.9%**

**76.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****953**

**926

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****955**

**956

Working population ****50.8%**

**54.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.7% for men and 79.8% for women. 51% of men and 51% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 194 (31%) · **■** Farm labourers 159 (25%) · **■** Household industry 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 94 (15%) · **■** Marginal 178 (28%)

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

- Chongrang1,456 people
- Gyalshing1,368 people
- Karmatar1,284 people
- Naku1,251 people
- Labing1,205 people
- Unglok1,201 people
- Nambu1,156 people
- Yangten1,117 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gerethang?1,236 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gerethang in?West District district (Gyalshing sub-district), Sikkim
- What is the literacy rate of Gerethang?85.9% (Census 2011)