Chungthang

Chungthang block · North District district, Sikkim · PIN 737120 · village code 260927

The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change is shown. Census 2011 recorded 3,970 people; Mission Antyodaya 2020 recorded 1,571 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot tell which.

Census 2011

Total population

3,970

Male / female

2,684 / 1,286

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

479

Children aged 0–6

366

Literacy rate

78.0%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

118 / 1,594

Working population

2,439

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

8.4%

Households

839

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school nearest 5 km away

High school nearest 5 km away

Piped tap water

50 to 100% habitations covered

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Van

Electricity

>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

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

338

Non-farm households

Share of households farming, 2020

93%

Net sown area

144 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

118 / 144 / 27

Main irrigation source

Surface water

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Chungthang 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

₹36.93 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹0

Received directly

₹36.86 lakh

Spent

₹27.50 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹46.29 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹12.59 lakh · received ₹0 · spent ₹10.34 lakh · left ₹17.81 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹24.34 lakh · received ₹0 · spent ₹17.16 lakh · left ₹28.48 lakh

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

Location

27.6036, 88.6491 — view on OpenStreetMap

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How this village compares

Biggest population changes in North District district · School staffing across North District · …and across Sikkim