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Gyalshing Population - West Sikkim, Sikkim

Gyalshing is a medium size village located in Gyalshing Sub Division of West Sikkim district, Sikkim with total 291 families residing. The Gyalshing village has population of 1368 of which 687 are males while 681 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gyalshing village population of children with age 0-6 is 202 which makes up 14.77 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gyalshing village is 991 which is higher than Sikkim state average of 890. Child Sex Ratio for the Gyalshing as per census is 1000, higher than Sikkim average of 957.

Gyalshing village has lower literacy rate compared to Sikkim. In 2011, literacy rate of Gyalshing village was 73.41 % compared to 81.42 % of Sikkim. In Gyalshing Male literacy stands at 79.18 % while female literacy rate was 67.59 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Gyalshing village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Gyalshing village.

Gyalshing Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 291 - -
Population 1,368 687 681
Child (0-6) 202 101 101
Schedule Caste 69 30 39
Schedule Tribe 105 57 48
Literacy 73.41 % 79.18 % 67.59 %
Total Workers 546 358 188
Main Worker 423 - -
Marginal Worker 123 43 80

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 7.68 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 5.04 % of total population in Gyalshing village.

Work Profile

In Gyalshing village out of total population, 546 were engaged in work activities. 77.47 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 22.53 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 546 workers engaged in Main Work, 180 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 14 were Agricultural labourer.