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

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Village · Gyalshing, West District 

# Gyalshing Forest Block

Gyalshing Forest Block is a village in Gyalshing sub-district of West District district, Sikkim. The 2011 Census counted **70 people in 15 households**, the 67th largest of 68 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 86.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 76.4%.

- 70people (2011)
- 15households
- 86.7%literacy
- 1,121females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gyalshing Forest Block

Of every 100 households in Gyalshing Forest Block in 2011, 100 had electricity, 100 a toilet at home and 100 cooked with LPG; 100 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 19 a car.

■ Gyalshing Forest Block · ■ Gyalshing rural average

Electricity for lighting ****100%**

**90%

Toilet within the home ****100%**

**85%

No toilet (open defecation) ****0%**

**14%

Tap water ****100%**

**86%

Drinking water within premises ****100%**

**34%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****100%**

**16%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****0%**

**82%

Use banking services ****100%**

**82%

Television ****86%**

**35%

Mobile phone ****100%**

**56%

Computer with internet ****10%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****19%**

**5%

None of these assets ****0%**

**33%

Own their home ****0%**

**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 Gyalshing Forest Block?

■ Gyalshing Forest Block · ■ Gyalshing rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****86.7%**

**76.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1121**

**926

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****667**

**956

Working population ****25.7%**

**54.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.9% for men and 84.8% for women. 36% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 2 (11%) · **■** Other work 16 (89%)

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

- Singrangpung269 people
- Liching215 people
- Pemayangtse Monastery182 people
- Tashiding Forest Block115 people
- Legship Forest Block3 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gyalshing Forest Block?70 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gyalshing Forest Block in?West District district (Gyalshing sub-district), Sikkim
- What is the literacy rate of Gyalshing Forest Block?86.7% (Census 2011)