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

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Village · Gyalshing, West District 

# Sapong

Sapong is a village in Gyalshing sub-district of West District district, Sikkim. The 2011 Census counted **717 people in 137 households**, the 36th largest of 68 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 76.4%.

- 717people (2011)
- 137households
- 74.1%literacy
- 862females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sapong

Of every 100 households in Sapong in 2011, 82 had electricity, 79 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Sapong · ■ Gyalshing rural average

Electricity for lighting ****82%**

**90%

Toilet within the home ****79%**

**85%

No toilet (open defecation) ****21%**

**14%

Tap water ****87%**

**86%

Drinking water within premises ****9%**

**34%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**16%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**82%

Use banking services ****88%**

**82%

Television ****21%**

**35%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**56%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**5%

None of these assets ****52%**

**33%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Sapong?

■ Sapong · ■ Gyalshing rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.1%**

**76.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****862**

**926

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****708**

**956

Working population ****85.5%**

**54.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.8% for men and 68.9% for women. 84% of men and 87% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 470 (77%) · **■** Farm labourers 56 (9%) · **■** Household industry 42 (7%) · **■** Other work 5 (1%) · **■** Marginal 40 (7%)

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

- Sardong765 people
- Tingle II753 people
- Dentam749 people
- Tingle I730 people
- Chongpung714 people
- Khachodpalri696 people
- Gangyep695 people
- Mengyong695 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sapong?717 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sapong in?West District district (Gyalshing sub-district), Sikkim
- What is the literacy rate of Sapong?74.1% (Census 2011)