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

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Village · Gyalshing, West District 

# Labing

Labing is a village in Gyalshing sub-district of West District district, Sikkim. The 2011 Census counted **1,205 people in 212 households**, the 21st largest of 68 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 87.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 76.4%.

- 1,205people (2011)
- 212households
- 87.7%literacy
- 883females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Labing

Of every 100 households in Labing in 2011, 91 had electricity, 100 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 39 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Labing · ■ Gyalshing rural average

Electricity for lighting ****91%**

**90%

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

**85%

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

**14%

Tap water ****92%**

**86%

Drinking water within premises ****19%**

**34%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**16%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**82%

Use banking services ****99%**

**82%

Television ****16%**

**35%

Mobile phone ****39%**

**56%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**2%

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

**5%

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

**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 Labing?

■ Labing · ■ Gyalshing rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****87.7%**

**76.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****883**

**926

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****924**

**956

Working population ****53.6%**

**54.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.9% for men and 81.9% for women. 55% of men and 52% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 341 (53%) · **■** Farm labourers 24 (4%) · **■** Other work 34 (5%) · **■** Marginal 247 (38%)

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

- Gyalshing1,368 people
- Karmatar1,284 people
- Naku1,251 people
- Gerethang1,236 people
- Unglok1,201 people
- Nambu1,156 people
- Yangten1,117 people
- Tikjya1,090 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Labing?1,205 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Labing in?West District district (Gyalshing sub-district), Sikkim
- What is the literacy rate of Labing?87.7% (Census 2011)