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

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Village · Gyalshing, West District 

# Tashiding

Tashiding is a village in Gyalshing sub-district of West District district, Sikkim. The 2011 Census counted **1,478 people in 281 households**, the 15th largest of 68 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 76.4%.

- 1,478people (2011)
- 281households
- 75.7%literacy
- 940females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Tashiding

Of every 100 households in Tashiding in 2011, 91 had electricity, 89 a toilet at home and 20 cooked with LPG; 54 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Tashiding · ■ Gyalshing rural average

Electricity for lighting ****91%**

**90%

Toilet within the home ****89%**

**85%

No toilet (open defecation) ****11%**

**14%

Tap water ****90%**

**86%

Drinking water within premises ****38%**

**34%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****20%**

**16%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****78%**

**82%

Use banking services ****49%**

**82%

Television ****33%**

**35%

Mobile phone ****54%**

**56%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**5%

None of these assets ****31%**

**33%

Own their home ****87%**

**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?

■ Tashiding · ■ Gyalshing rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.7%**

**76.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****940**

**926

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1178**

**956

Working population ****44.0%**

**54.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.3% for men and 69.5% for women. 54% of men and 33% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 389 (60%) · **■** Farm labourers 56 (9%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 174 (27%) · **■** Marginal 27 (4%)

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

- Begha1,786 people
- Darap1,743 people
- Laso1,699 people
- Barphok1,549 people
- Chongrang1,456 people
- Gyalshing1,368 people
- Karmatar1,284 people
- Naku1,251 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Tashiding?1,478 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tashiding in?West District district (Gyalshing sub-district), Sikkim
- What is the literacy rate of Tashiding?75.7% (Census 2011)