# Sopakha Village, Gyalshing, West District (Sikkim)

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Village · Gyalshing, West District 

# Sopakha

Sopakha is a village in Gyalshing sub-district of West District district, Sikkim. The 2011 Census counted **820 people in 136 households**, the 30th largest of 68 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 76.4%.

- 820people (2011)
- 136households
- 76.5%literacy
- 894females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sopakha

Of every 100 households in Sopakha in 2011, 96 had electricity, 79 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 37 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sopakha · ■ Gyalshing rural average

Electricity for lighting ****96%**

**90%

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

**85%

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

**14%

Tap water ****92%**

**86%

Drinking water within premises ****63%**

**34%

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

**16%

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

**82%

Use banking services ****98%**

**82%

Television ****12%**

**35%

Mobile phone ****37%**

**56%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**2%

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

**5%

None of these assets ****46%**

**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 Sopakha?

■ Sopakha · ■ Gyalshing rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.5%**

**76.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****894**

**926

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****700**

**956

Working population ****66.2%**

**54.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.0% for men and 70.4% for women. 68% of men and 65% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 334 (62%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 203 (37%) · **■** Marginal 4 (1%)

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

- Bhaluthang934 people
- Arithang928 people
- Lungzik847 people
- Mangmo827 people
- Pecherek804 people
- Sardong765 people
- Tingle II753 people
- Dentam749 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sopakha?820 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sopakha in?West District district (Gyalshing sub-district), Sikkim
- What is the literacy rate of Sopakha?76.5% (Census 2011)