Sentam

Mangan block · North District district, Sikkim · PIN 737116 · village code 260939

The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change is shown. Census 2011 recorded 1,317 people; Mission Antyodaya 2020 recorded 312 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot tell which.

Census 2011

Total population

1,317

Male / female

667 / 650

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

975

Children aged 0–6

186

Literacy rate

69.9%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

25 / 808

Working population

518

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

46.7%

Households

282

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school

Piped tap water

only one habitation is covered

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport nearest 1 km away

Electricity

—

Bank

Primary health centre

PHC

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

Common service centre

No CSC

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

325

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Yes

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

Non-farm households

Share of households farming, 2020

45%

Net sown area

21 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

21 / 20 / 15

Main irrigation source

Surface water

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Singhik 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

₹25.04 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹0

Received directly

₹24.62 lakh

Spent

₹11.78 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹37.87 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹16.71 lakh · received ₹0 · spent ₹1.69 lakh · left ₹25.51 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹8.32 lakh · received ₹0 · spent ₹10.09 lakh · left ₹12.36 lakh

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

Location

27.5135, 88.5561 — view on OpenStreetMap

Nearby villages

Rongong compare · Sakyong-Pentong compare · Salim Pakel compare · Sangtok Sagyong compare · Shipgyer compare · Shipgyer Forest Block compare · Shotak compare · Singchit compare

How this village compares

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