Salim Pakel

Passingdang block · North District district, Sikkim · PIN 737116 · village code 260940

The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change is shown. Census 2011 recorded 873 people; Mission Antyodaya 2020 recorded 515 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot tell which.

Census 2011

Total population

873

Male / female

665 / 208

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

313

Children aged 0–6

Literacy rate

80.9%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

10 / 322

Working population

713

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

14.0%

Households

212

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school nearest 10 km away

Middle school

Yes

High school nearest 10 km away

Piped tap water

100% habitations covered

All-weather road nearest 10 km away

Public transport

Van

Electricity

8-12 Hrs

Bank nearest 10 km away

Primary health centre

PHC

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

Common service centre

Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan

Farming

Farm households

Non-farm households

Share of households farming, 2020

49%

Net sown area

181 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

103 / 66 / 181

Main irrigation source

Surface water

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Passingdang Saffo 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

₹9.34 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹0

Received directly

₹8.15 lakh

Spent

₹6.85 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹10.64 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹3.58 lakh · received ₹0 · spent ₹3.40 lakh · left ₹3.65 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹5.76 lakh · received ₹0 · spent ₹3.45 lakh · left ₹6.99 lakh

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

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How this village compares

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