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

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Village · Gyalshing, West District 

# Tikjya

Tikjya is a village in Gyalshing sub-district of West District district, Sikkim. The 2011 Census counted **1,090 people in 223 households**, the 25th largest of 68 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 76.4%.

- 1,090people (2011)
- 223households
- 75.0%literacy
- 957females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Tikjya

Of every 100 households in Tikjya in 2011, 94 had electricity, 72 a toilet at home and 8 cooked with LPG; 46 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Tikjya · ■ Gyalshing rural average

Electricity for lighting ****94%**

**90%

Toilet within the home ****72%**

**85%

No toilet (open defecation) ****28%**

**14%

Tap water ****94%**

**86%

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

**34%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****8%**

**16%

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

**82%

Use banking services ****73%**

**82%

Television ****32%**

**35%

Mobile phone ****46%**

**56%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**2%

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

**5%

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

**33%

Own their home ****80%**

**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 Tikjya?

■ Tikjya · ■ Gyalshing rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.0%**

**76.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****957**

**926

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****757**

**956

Working population ****42.5%**

**54.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.1% for men and 65.8% for women. 54% of men and 31% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 220 (48%) · **■** Farm labourers 28 (6%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 157 (34%) · **■** Marginal 57 (12%)

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

- Labing1,205 people
- Unglok1,201 people
- Nambu1,156 people
- Yangten1,117 people
- Bhaluthang934 people
- Arithang928 people
- Lungzik847 people
- Mangmo827 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Tikjya?1,090 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tikjya in?West District district (Gyalshing sub-district), Sikkim
- What is the literacy rate of Tikjya?75.0% (Census 2011)