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

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Village · Gyalshing, West District 

# Liching

Liching is a village in Gyalshing sub-district of West District district, Sikkim. The 2011 Census counted **215 people in 45 households**, the 64th largest of 68 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 76.4%.

- 215people (2011)
- 45households
- 77.5%literacy
- 838females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Liching

Of every 100 households in Liching in 2011, 98 had electricity, 87 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 54 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 6 a car.

■ Liching · ■ Gyalshing rural average

Electricity for lighting ****98%**

**90%

Toilet within the home ****87%**

**85%

No toilet (open defecation) ****11%**

**14%

Tap water ****89%**

**86%

Drinking water within premises ****11%**

**34%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**16%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**82%

Use banking services ****78%**

**82%

Television ****28%**

**35%

Mobile phone ****54%**

**56%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****6%**

**5%

None of these assets ****37%**

**33%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Liching?

■ Liching · ■ Gyalshing rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.5%**

**76.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****838**

**926

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1200**

**956

Working population ****82.3%**

**54.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.2% for men and 62.5% for women. 85% of men and 79% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 167 (94%) · **■** Other work 8 (5%) · **■** Marginal 2 (1%)

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

- Gyaten340 people
- Topung313 people
- Sindrang282 people
- Singrangpung269 people
- Pemayangtse Monastery182 people
- Tashiding Forest Block115 people
- Gyalshing Forest Block70 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 Liching?215 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Liching in?West District district (Gyalshing sub-district), Sikkim
- What is the literacy rate of Liching?77.5% (Census 2011)