Tashiding


Tashiding is a small town on a hilltop at about 27 km from Gyalshing city in Gyalshing district of Sikkim in the Eastern Himalaya of India. 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.

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. Schedule Tribe constitutes 51.76% while Schedule Caste 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 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 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 while 56 were Agricultural labourer.