Lingthem

Passingdang block · North District district, Sikkim · PIN 737116 · village code 260941

The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change is shown. Census 2011 recorded 1,226 people; Mission Antyodaya 2020 recorded 586 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot tell which.

Census 2011

Total population

1,226

Male / female

620 / 606

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

977

Children aged 0–6

127

Literacy rate

72.3%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

5 / 1,088

Working population

730

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

72.5%

Households

238

Village facilities, 2020

This village spans 2 gram panchayats and was surveyed once by each. The figures below are from Lingthem Lingdem panchayat's return.

Primary school

Middle school

High school

Yes

Piped tap water

100% habitations covered

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Van

Electricity

8-12 Hrs

Bank nearest 10 km away

Primary health centre

Sub Centre

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

Common service centre

No CSC

Farming

Farm households

Non-farm households

Share of households farming, 2020

76%

Net sown area

4 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

4 / 4 / 1

Main irrigation source

Surface water

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Lingthem Lingdem 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

₹11.22 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹0

Received directly

₹5.75 lakh

Spent

₹9.79 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹7.18 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹5.73 lakh · received ₹0 · spent ₹4.92 lakh · left ₹80,471

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹5.50 lakh · received ₹0 · spent ₹4.87 lakh · left ₹6.38 lakh

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

Location

27.5490, 88.4563 — view on OpenStreetMap

Nearby villages

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How this village compares

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