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

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Village · Gyalshing, West District 

# Yangthang

Yangthang is a village in Gyalshing sub-district of West District district, Sikkim. The 2011 Census counted **2,931 people in 614 households**, the 2nd largest of 68 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 76.4%.

- 2,931people (2011)
- 614households
- 79.2%literacy
- 946females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Yangthang

Of every 100 households in Yangthang in 2011, 94 had electricity, 82 a toilet at home and 29 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Yangthang · ■ Gyalshing rural average

Electricity for lighting ****94%**

**90%

Toilet within the home ****82%**

**85%

No toilet (open defecation) ****17%**

**14%

Tap water ****72%**

**86%

Drinking water within premises ****22%**

**34%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****29%**

**16%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****67%**

**82%

Use banking services ****83%**

**82%

Television ****40%**

**35%

Mobile phone ****48%**

**56%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**2%

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

**5%

None of these assets ****36%**

**33%

Own their home ****75%**

**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 Yangthang?

■ Yangthang · ■ Gyalshing rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.2%**

**76.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****946**

**926

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1024**

**956

Working population ****42.7%**

**54.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.8% for men and 73.3% for women. 53% of men and 32% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 245 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 31 (2%) · **■** Household industry 55 (4%) · **■** Other work 480 (38%) · **■** Marginal 440 (35%)

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

- Maneybung3,407 people
- Hee2,514 people
- Barnyak2,512 people
- Lingchom2,040 people
- Umchung2,035 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Yangthang?2,931 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Yangthang in?West District district (Gyalshing sub-district), Sikkim
- What is the literacy rate of Yangthang?79.2% (Census 2011)