# Sangkhu Village, Gyalshing, West District (Sikkim)

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Village · Gyalshing, West District 

# Sangkhu

Sangkhu is a village in Gyalshing sub-district of West District district, Sikkim. The 2011 Census counted **1,963 people in 415 households**, the 8th largest of 68 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 76.4%.

- 1,963people (2011)
- 415households
- 75.8%literacy
- 915females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sangkhu

Of every 100 households in Sangkhu in 2011, 94 had electricity, 84 a toilet at home and 27 cooked with LPG; 66 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 6 a car.

■ Sangkhu · ■ Gyalshing rural average

Electricity for lighting ****94%**

**90%

Toilet within the home ****84%**

**85%

No toilet (open defecation) ****16%**

**14%

Tap water ****89%**

**86%

Drinking water within premises ****58%**

**34%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****27%**

**16%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****72%**

**82%

Use banking services ****94%**

**82%

Television ****51%**

**35%

Mobile phone ****66%**

**56%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**2%

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

**5%

None of these assets ****22%**

**33%

Own their home ****76%**

**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 Sangkhu?

■ Sangkhu · ■ Gyalshing rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.8%**

**76.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****915**

**926

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****744**

**956

Working population ****55.8%**

**54.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.1% for men and 69.1% for women. 57% of men and 54% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 695 (63%) · **■** Farm labourers 13 (1%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 237 (22%) · **■** Marginal 149 (14%)

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

- Barnyak2,512 people
- Lingchom2,040 people
- Umchung2,035 people
- Martam1,963 people
- Yuksam1,855 people
- Radukhandu1,833 people
- Begha1,786 people
- Darap1,743 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sangkhu?1,963 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sangkhu in?West District district (Gyalshing sub-district), Sikkim
- What is the literacy rate of Sangkhu?75.8% (Census 2011)