title: Tashiding
text: # Tashiding
  
  Tashiding is a small town on a hilltop at West 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 (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:
  
  | Particulars | Total | Male | Female |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1. Total No. of Houses | 281 |
  | 2. Population | 1,478 | 762 | 716 |
  | 3. Child (0-6) | 159 | 73 | 86 |
  | 4. Schedule Caste | 202 | 109 | 93 |
  | 5. Schedule Tribe | 765 | 385 | 380 |
  | 6. Literacy | 75.66 % | 81.28 % | 69.52 % |
  | 7. Total Workers | 650 | 412 | 238 |
  | 8. Main Worker | 623 | 0 | 0 |
  | 9. Marginal Worker | 27 | 10 | 17 |
  
  ## 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.
  
  