# Gyaten Village, Gyalshing, West District (Sikkim) – Population

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Village · Gyalshing, West District 

# Gyaten

Gyaten is a village in Gyalshing sub-district of West District district, Sikkim. The 2011 Census counted **340 people in 57 households**, the 60th largest of 68 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 86.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 76.4%.

- 340people (2011)
- 57households
- 86.4%literacy
- 977females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gyaten

Of every 100 households in Gyaten in 2011, 95 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 86 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gyaten · ■ Gyalshing rural average

Electricity for lighting ****95%**

**90%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**85%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**14%

Tap water ****95%**

**86%

Drinking water within premises ****54%**

**34%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**16%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**82%

Use banking services ****98%**

**82%

Television ****29%**

**35%

Mobile phone ****86%**

**56%

Computer with internet ****4%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**5%

None of these assets ****9%**

**33%

Own their home ****95%**

**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 Gyaten?

■ Gyaten · ■ Gyalshing rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****86.4%**

**76.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****977**

**926

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****652**

**956

Working population ****49.1%**

**54.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.0% for men and 79.1% for women. 52% of men and 46% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 41 (25%) · **■** Farm labourers 58 (35%) · **■** Household industry 6 (4%) · **■** Other work 32 (19%) · **■** Marginal 30 (18%)

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

- Singlitam476 people
- Tingbrum473 people
- Mangnam463 people
- Dhupidara384 people
- Topung313 people
- Sindrang282 people
- Singrangpung269 people
- Liching215 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gyaten?340 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gyaten in?West District district (Gyalshing sub-district), Sikkim
- What is the literacy rate of Gyaten?86.4% (Census 2011)