Lachung

Chungthang block · North District district, Sikkim · PIN 737113 · village code 260926

Population 2011

2,495

Census of India

Population 2020

1,886

Mission Antyodaya survey

Change

-24.4%

-609 people · -3.1% a year

Households

568

+41.6% vs 401 in 2011

Census 2011

Total population

2,495

Male / female

1,796 / 699

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

389

Children aged 0–6

114

Literacy rate

72.1%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

13 / 1,063

Working population

1,952

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

12.3%

Households

401

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school nearest 2 km away

High school nearest 10 km away

Piped tap water

<50% habitation covered

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Van

Electricity

8-12 Hrs

Bank

Yes

Primary health centre

PHC

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

Common service centre

Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan

The village primary school

These figures sit inside a single merged column of the Mission Antyodaya file and are not published anywhere in readable form.

Students

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Yes

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

400

Non-farm households

168

Share of households farming, 2020

70%

Net sown area

591 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

591 / 591 / 69

Main irrigation source

Other

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Lachung Dzumsa panchayat. These are the panchayat's own accounts, not this village's: where a panchayat holds several villages, the money covers all of them, and where a village spans several panchayats only this one's return appears.

Opening balance

₹27.30 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹0

Received directly

₹6.28 lakh

Spent

₹19.00 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹14.57 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹12.20 lakh · received ₹0 · spent ₹9.31 lakh · left ₹9.17 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹15.10 lakh · received ₹0 · spent ₹9.70 lakh · left ₹5.40 lakh

Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied together make up the totals above.

Location

27.4054, 88.6113 — view on OpenStreetMap

Nearby villages

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How this village compares

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