# Tashiding Forest Block Village, Gyalshing, West District (Sikkim) – Population & Literacy, Census 2011

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Village · Gyalshing, West District 

# Tashiding Forest Block

Tashiding Forest Block is a village in Gyalshing sub-district of West District district, Sikkim. The 2011 Census counted **115 people in 22 households**, the 66th largest of 68 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 76.4%.

- 115people (2011)
- 22households
- 65.3%literacy
- 1,018females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Tashiding Forest Block

Of every 100 households in Tashiding Forest Block in 2011, 63 had electricity, 74 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 53 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Tashiding Forest Block · ■ Gyalshing rural average

Electricity for lighting ****63%**

**90%

Toilet within the home ****74%**

**85%

No toilet (open defecation) ****26%**

**14%

Tap water ****84%**

**86%

Drinking water within premises ****42%**

**34%

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

**16%

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

**82%

Use banking services ****90%**

**82%

Television ****16%**

**35%

Mobile phone ****53%**

**56%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**2%

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

**5%

None of these assets ****37%**

**33%

Own their home ****95%**

**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 Tashiding Forest Block?

■ Tashiding Forest Block · ■ Gyalshing rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.3%**

**76.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1018**

**926

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1125**

**956

Working population ****78.3%**

**54.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.5% for men and 57.1% for women. 82% of men and 74% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 23 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 6 (7%) · **■** Other work 7 (8%) · **■** Marginal 54 (60%)

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

- Sindrang282 people
- Singrangpung269 people
- Liching215 people
- Pemayangtse Monastery182 people
- Gyalshing Forest Block70 people
- Legship Forest Block3 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Tashiding Forest Block?115 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tashiding Forest Block in?West District district (Gyalshing sub-district), Sikkim
- What is the literacy rate of Tashiding Forest Block?65.3% (Census 2011)