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

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Village · Gyalshing, West District 

# Meliaching

Meliaching is a village in Gyalshing sub-district of West District district, Sikkim. The 2011 Census counted **666 people in 137 households**, the 43rd largest of 68 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 76.4%.

- 666people (2011)
- 137households
- 60.9%literacy
- 1,062females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Meliaching

Of every 100 households in Meliaching in 2011, 65 had electricity, 83 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 74 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Meliaching · ■ Gyalshing rural average

Electricity for lighting ****65%**

**90%

Toilet within the home ****83%**

**85%

No toilet (open defecation) ****17%**

**14%

Tap water ****83%**

**86%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**34%

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

**16%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**82%

Use banking services ****26%**

**82%

Television ****29%**

**35%

Mobile phone ****74%**

**56%

Computer with internet ****7%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**2%

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

**5%

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

**33%

Own their home ****60%**

**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 Meliaching?

■ Meliaching · ■ Gyalshing rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.9%**

**76.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1062**

**926

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1120**

**956

Working population ****69.2%**

**54.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 63.4% for men and 58.5% for women. 72% of men and 67% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 329 (71%) · **■** Farm labourers 6 (1%) · **■** Other work 26 (6%) · **■** Marginal 100 (22%)

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

- Gangyep695 people
- Mengyong695 people
- Dubdi688 people
- Bangten673 people
- Narkhola664 people
- Chingthang633 people
- Barthang606 people
- Meli603 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Meliaching?666 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Meliaching in?West District district (Gyalshing sub-district), Sikkim
- What is the literacy rate of Meliaching?60.9% (Census 2011)