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

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Village · Gyalshing, West District 

# Lingchom

Lingchom is a village in Gyalshing sub-district of West District district, Sikkim. The 2011 Census counted **2,040 people in 403 households**, the 5th largest of 68 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 76.4%.

- 2,040people (2011)
- 403households
- 74.3%literacy
- 962females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Lingchom

Of every 100 households in Lingchom in 2011, 90 had electricity, 74 a toilet at home and 13 cooked with LPG; 73 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Lingchom · ■ Gyalshing rural average

Electricity for lighting ****90%**

**90%

Toilet within the home ****74%**

**85%

No toilet (open defecation) ****25%**

**14%

Tap water ****90%**

**86%

Drinking water within premises ****45%**

**34%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****13%**

**16%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****86%**

**82%

Use banking services ****96%**

**82%

Television ****29%**

**35%

Mobile phone ****73%**

**56%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**5%

None of these assets ****20%**

**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 Lingchom?

■ Lingchom · ■ Gyalshing rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.3%**

**76.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****962**

**926

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****871**

**956

Working population ****53.9%**

**54.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.0% for men and 66.4% for women. 56% of men and 52% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 585 (53%) · **■** Farm labourers 11 (1%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 192 (17%) · **■** Marginal 310 (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

- Maneybung3,407 people
- Yangthang2,931 people
- Hee2,514 people
- Barnyak2,512 people
- Umchung2,035 people
- Martam1,963 people
- Sangkhu1,963 people
- Yuksam1,855 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Lingchom?2,040 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Lingchom in?West District district (Gyalshing sub-district), Sikkim
- What is the literacy rate of Lingchom?74.3% (Census 2011)