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

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Village · Gyalshing, West District 

# Topung

Topung is a village in Gyalshing sub-district of West District district, Sikkim. The 2011 Census counted **313 people in 64 households**, the 61st largest of 68 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 76.4%.

- 313people (2011)
- 64households
- 59.3%literacy
- 944females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Topung

Of every 100 households in Topung in 2011, 91 had electricity, 74 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 66 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 17 a car.

■ Topung · ■ Gyalshing rural average

Electricity for lighting ****91%**

**90%

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

**85%

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

**14%

Tap water ****77%**

**86%

Drinking water within premises ****74%**

**34%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**16%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**82%

Use banking services ****65%**

**82%

Television ****14%**

**35%

Mobile phone ****66%**

**56%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****17%**

**5%

None of these assets ****32%**

**33%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Topung?

■ Topung · ■ Gyalshing rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****59.3%**

**76.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****944**

**926

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1174**

**956

Working population ****75.1%**

**54.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 64.5% for men and 53.6% for women. 80% of men and 70% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 50 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 12 (5%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 10 (4%) · **■** Marginal 161 (69%)

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

- Tingbrum473 people
- Mangnam463 people
- Dhupidara384 people
- Gyaten340 people
- Sindrang282 people
- Singrangpung269 people
- Liching215 people
- Pemayangtse Monastery182 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Topung?313 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Topung in?West District district (Gyalshing sub-district), Sikkim
- What is the literacy rate of Topung?59.3% (Census 2011)