# Mengyong Village, Gyalshing, West District (Sikkim)

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Village · Gyalshing, West District 

# Mengyong

Mengyong is a village in Gyalshing sub-district of West District district, Sikkim. The 2011 Census counted **695 people in 141 households**, the 40th largest of 68 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 76.4%.

- 695people (2011)
- 141households
- 70.3%literacy
- 878females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mengyong

Of every 100 households in Mengyong in 2011, 88 had electricity, 68 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 62 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Mengyong · ■ Gyalshing rural average

Electricity for lighting ****88%**

**90%

Toilet within the home ****68%**

**85%

No toilet (open defecation) ****31%**

**14%

Tap water ****27%**

**86%

Drinking water within premises ****27%**

**34%

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

**16%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**82%

Use banking services ****81%**

**82%

Television ****24%**

**35%

Mobile phone ****62%**

**56%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**2%

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

**5%

None of these assets ****29%**

**33%

Own their home ****92%**

**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 Mengyong?

■ Mengyong · ■ Gyalshing rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.3%**

**76.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****878**

**926

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****639**

**956

Working population ****49.9%**

**54.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.4% for men and 64.7% for women. 55% of men and 45% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 211 (61%) · **■** Farm labourers 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 40 (12%) · **■** Marginal 91 (26%)

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

- Sapong717 people
- Chongpung714 people
- Khachodpalri696 people
- Gangyep695 people
- Dubdi688 people
- Bangten673 people
- Meliaching666 people
- Narkhola664 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Mengyong?695 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mengyong in?West District district (Gyalshing sub-district), Sikkim
- What is the literacy rate of Mengyong?70.3% (Census 2011)