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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Tashiding
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| settlement_type = Town
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| pushpin_map = India Sikkim#India
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Sikkim, India
| coordinates = {{coord|27.307|N|88.28|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
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| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Sikkim]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = West Sikkim
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| unit_pref = Metric
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| elevation_m = 1246
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Nepali language|Nepali]], [[Bhutia language|Bhutia]], [[Lepcha language|Lepcha]], [[Limbu language|Limbu]], [[Newari language|Newari]], [[Kiranti languages|Rai]], [[Gurung language|Gurung]], Mangar, [[Sherpa language|Sherpa]], [[Tamang language|Tamang]] and [[Sunwar language|Sunwar]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 737 111
| registration_plate = SK
| blank1_name_sec1 = Nearest city
| blank1_info_sec1 = [[Gyalshing]]
| blank2_name_sec1 = [[Human sex ratio|Sex ratio]]
| blank2_info_sec1 = 989 [[male|♂]]/[[female|♀]]
| blank3_name_sec1 = Literacy
| blank3_info_sec1 = 84.78%
| blank4_name_sec1 = [[Vidhan Sabha]] constituency
| blank4_info_sec1 = Yuksom-Tashiding
| blank1_name_sec2 = [[Climate of India|Climate]]
| blank1_info_sec2 = [[Climatic regions of India|sub tropical to alpine]] <small>([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]])</small>
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'''Tashiding''' is a small town on a hilltop at [[West Sikkim district|West District]] of [[Sikkim]] in the [[Eastern Himalaya]] of [[India]].<ref name=Sikkim>{{Cite web|url=http://scstsenvis.nic.in/Sikkim%20chapter.pdf|format=pdf|title=Eco Destination of India: Sikkim Chapter|accessdate=2010-05-13|publisher=Envis Centre Sikkim – National Informatics Centre|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090410032050/http://scstsenvis.nic.in/Sikkim%20chapter.pdf|archivedate=2009-04-10}}</ref><ref name="Temples">{{cite web|url=http://www.buddhist-temples.com/buddhist-monastery/sikkim/tashiding-monastery.html|title=Tashiding Monastery|publisher=Buddhist-temples.com|accessdate=12 December 2015}}</ref><ref name=West>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sikkimonline.info/sikkim/West_Sikkim|title=West Sikkim|accessdate=2015-12-12|publisher=Sikkim Online|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100425074548/http://www.sikkimonline.info/sikkim/West_Sikkim|archivedate=2010-04-25}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Electoral Roll 2011 – S21 – Sikkim|url=http://www.ceosikkim.nic.in/draft%20electoral%20roll,%202012/Electoral%20Roll%202011%20Polling%20Station%20wise%20draft%202013/20/22.pdf|publisher=Chief Electoral Officer, Sikkim|accessdate=12 December 2015}}</ref>

==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:
{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! Particulars || Total || Male || Female
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| 1. Total No. of Houses || 281
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| 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.

==References==
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[[Category:Villages in West Sikkim district]]

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