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

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Village · Gyalshing, West District 

# Yangten

Yangten is a village in Gyalshing sub-district of West District district, Sikkim. The 2011 Census counted **1,117 people in 237 households**, the 24th largest of 68 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 76.4%.

- 1,117people (2011)
- 237households
- 76.0%literacy
- 909females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Yangten

Of every 100 households in Yangten in 2011, 92 had electricity, 84 a toilet at home and 12 cooked with LPG; 37 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Yangten · ■ Gyalshing rural average

Electricity for lighting ****92%**

**90%

Toilet within the home ****84%**

**85%

No toilet (open defecation) ****15%**

**14%

Tap water ****95%**

**86%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**34%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****12%**

**16%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****88%**

**82%

Use banking services ****99%**

**82%

Television ****33%**

**35%

Mobile phone ****37%**

**56%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**2%

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

**5%

None of these assets ****43%**

**33%

Own their home ****64%**

**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 Yangten?

■ Yangten · ■ Gyalshing rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.0%**

**76.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****909**

**926

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****843**

**956

Working population ****50.3%**

**54.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.5% for men and 68.9% for women. 55% of men and 45% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 332 (59%) · **■** Farm labourers 37 (7%) · **■** Household industry 12 (2%) · **■** Other work 75 (13%) · **■** Marginal 106 (19%)

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

- Gerethang1,236 people
- Labing1,205 people
- Unglok1,201 people
- Nambu1,156 people
- Tikjya1,090 people
- Bhaluthang934 people
- Arithang928 people
- Lungzik847 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Yangten?1,117 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Yangten in?West District district (Gyalshing sub-district), Sikkim
- What is the literacy rate of Yangten?76.0% (Census 2011)