# Mendo-Goan Village, Soreng, West District (Sikkim)

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Village · Soreng, West District 

# Mendo-Goan

Mendo-Goan is a village in Soreng sub-district of West District district, Sikkim. The 2011 Census counted **925 people in 204 households**, the 34th largest of 51 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 77.5%.

- 925people (2011)
- 204households
- 78.8%literacy
- 968females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mendo-Goan

Of every 100 households in Mendo-Goan in 2011, 94 had electricity, 70 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 50 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Mendo-Goan · ■ Soreng rural average

Electricity for lighting ****94%**

**90%

Toilet within the home ****70%**

**83%

No toilet (open defecation) ****30%**

**16%

Tap water ****73%**

**80%

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

**36%

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

**18%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**80%

Use banking services ****12%**

**57%

Television ****44%**

**40%

Mobile phone ****50%**

**60%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**3%

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

**4%

None of these assets ****33%**

**28%

Own their home ****91%**

**85%

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 Mendo-Goan?

■ Mendo-Goan · ■ Soreng rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.8%**

**77.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****968**

**960

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1154**

**975

Working population ****52.0%**

**49.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.5% for men and 72.9% for women. 59% of men and 45% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 71 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 50 (10%) · **■** Household industry 7 (1%) · **■** Other work 92 (19%) · **■** Marginal 261 (54%)

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 Soreng

- Ribdi1,034 people
- Longchok1,023 people
- Salyangdang963 people
- Hathidunga957 people
- Chuchen875 people
- Segeng864 people
- Chota-Samdong846 people
- Aroobotey787 people

[All 52 villages in Soreng](https://wherepedia.org/india/sikkim/west-district/soreng/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Mendo-Goan?925 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mendo-Goan in?West District district (Soreng sub-district), Sikkim
- What is the literacy rate of Mendo-Goan?78.8% (Census 2011)