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

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Village · Gyalshing, West District 

# Singlitam

Singlitam is a village in Gyalshing sub-district of West District district, Sikkim. The 2011 Census counted **476 people in 85 households**, the 56th largest of 68 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 58.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 76.4%.

- 476people (2011)
- 85households
- 58.9%literacy
- 845females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Singlitam

Of every 100 households in Singlitam in 2011, 80 had electricity, 70 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 76 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Singlitam · ■ Gyalshing rural average

Electricity for lighting ****80%**

**90%

Toilet within the home ****70%**

**85%

No toilet (open defecation) ****30%**

**14%

Tap water ****59%**

**86%

Drinking water within premises ****32%**

**34%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**16%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****89%**

**82%

Use banking services ****20%**

**82%

Television ****10%**

**35%

Mobile phone ****76%**

**56%

Computer with internet ****5%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**2%

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

**5%

None of these assets ****17%**

**33%

Own their home ****66%**

**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 Singlitam?

■ Singlitam · ■ Gyalshing rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****58.9%**

**76.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****845**

**926

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****786**

**956

Working population ****63.2%**

**54.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 63.0% for men and 54.1% for women. 62% of men and 64% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 83 (28%) · **■** Farm labourers 30 (10%) · **■** Other work 72 (24%) · **■** Marginal 116 (39%)

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

- Hee-Patal505 people
- Kongri500 people
- Tsozo488 people
- Labdang483 people
- Tingbrum473 people
- Mangnam463 people
- Dhupidara384 people
- Gyaten340 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Singlitam?476 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Singlitam in?West District district (Gyalshing sub-district), Sikkim
- What is the literacy rate of Singlitam?58.9% (Census 2011)