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

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Village · Gyalshing, West District 

# Umchung

Umchung is a village in Gyalshing sub-district of West District district, Sikkim. The 2011 Census counted **2,035 people in 422 households**, the 6th largest of 68 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 76.4%.

- 2,035people (2011)
- 422households
- 76.3%literacy
- 938females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Umchung

Of every 100 households in Umchung in 2011, 95 had electricity, 63 a toilet at home and 30 cooked with LPG; 61 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 6 a car.

■ Umchung · ■ Gyalshing rural average

Electricity for lighting ****95%**

**90%

Toilet within the home ****63%**

**85%

No toilet (open defecation) ****23%**

**14%

Tap water ****93%**

**86%

Drinking water within premises ****8%**

**34%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****30%**

**16%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****53%**

**82%

Use banking services ****68%**

**82%

Television ****54%**

**35%

Mobile phone ****61%**

**56%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****6%**

**5%

None of these assets ****28%**

**33%

Own their home ****51%**

**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 Umchung?

■ Umchung · ■ Gyalshing rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.3%**

**76.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****938**

**926

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1008**

**956

Working population ****33.1%**

**54.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.1% for men and 68.9% for women. 50% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 34 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 135 (20%) · **■** Household industry 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 350 (52%) · **■** Marginal 152 (23%)

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

- Yangthang2,931 people
- Hee2,514 people
- Barnyak2,512 people
- Lingchom2,040 people
- Martam1,963 people
- Sangkhu1,963 people
- Yuksam1,855 people
- Radukhandu1,833 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Umchung?2,035 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Umchung in?West District district (Gyalshing sub-district), Sikkim
- What is the literacy rate of Umchung?76.3% (Census 2011)