Tashiding

Tashiding is a small village on a hilltop at West District of Sikkim in the Eastern Himalaya of India.[1][2][3] Tashiding means "The Devoted Central Glory". This village is about 250 m above sea level with a sub-tropical climate. It is around 40 kilometer far away from district headquarter of Gyalshing. In electoral roll of 2011, Tashiding comes under the Assembly Constituency of Yuksom-Tashiding.[4]

Tashiding
Village
Tashiding
Location in Sikkim, India
Tashiding
Tashiding (India)
Coordinates: 27.307°N 88.28°E / 27.307; 88.28
Country India
StateSikkim
DistrictWest Sikkim
Elevation
1,246 m (4,088 ft)
Languages
 • OfficialNepali, Bhutia, Lepcha, Limbu, Newari, Rai, Gurung, Mangar, Sherpa, Tamang and Sunwar
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
737 111
Vehicle registrationSK
Nearest cityGyalshing
Sex ratio989 ♂/♀
Literacy84.78%
Vidhan Sabha constituencyYuksom-Tashiding
Climatesub tropical to alpine (Köppen)

Etymology

The legends of the village says that the name Tashiding means "The Devoted Central Glory". It represents the Nyingmapa order of Tibetan Buddhism and has been a center of worship in the Kingdom of Sikkim since the 1700s.

Population composition

In Tashiding village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 51.76% while Schedule Caste (SC) were 13.67% of total population in Tashiding village.

Tashiding data

According to the 2011 Census, Tashiding data are as under:

ParticularsTotalMaleFemale
1. Total No. of Houses281
2. Population1,478762716
3. Child (0-6)1597386
4. Schedule Caste20210993
5. Schedule Tribe765385380
6. Literacy75.66 %81.28 %69.52 %
7. Total Workers650412238
8. Main Worker62300
9. Marginal Worker271017

Work profile

In Tashiding village out of total population, 650 were engaged in work activities. 95.85% of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 4.15% were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 650 workers engaged in Main Work, 389 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 56 were Agricultural labourer.

References
  1. "Eco Destination of India: Sikkim Chapter" (PDF). Envis Centre Sikkim – National Informatics Centre. Archived from the original (pdf) on 10 April 2009. Retrieved 13 May 2010.
  2. "Tashiding Monastery". Buddhist-temples.com. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
  3. "West Sikkim". Sikkim Online. Archived from the original on 25 April 2010. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
  4. "Electoral Roll 2011 – S21 – Sikkim" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Sikkim. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
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