Swayem

Passingdang block · North District district, Sikkim · PIN 737116 · village code 260961

The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change is shown. Census 2011 recorded 854 people; Mission Antyodaya 2020 recorded 310 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot tell which.

Census 2011

Total population

854

Male / female

440 / 414

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

941

Children aged 0–6

Literacy rate

70.4%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

3 / 757

Working population

421

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

56.3%

Households

163

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school nearest 10 km away

Middle school

Yes

High school nearest 10 km away

Piped tap water

50 to 100% habitations covered

All-weather road nearest 5 km away

Public transport

Van

Electricity

1-4 hrs

Bank nearest 10 km away

Primary health centre nearest 5 km away

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

Common service centre

No CSC

Farming

Farm households

Non-farm households

Share of households farming, 2020

59%

Net sown area

29 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

8 / 10 / 29

Main irrigation source

Surface water

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Namok Swayem 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

₹82,155

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹0

Received directly

₹13.10 lakh

Spent

₹4.62 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹9.30 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹76,872 · received ₹0 · spent ₹3.17 lakh · left ₹2.97 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹5,283 · received ₹0 · spent ₹1.45 lakh · left ₹6.33 lakh

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

Location

27.4234, 88.5243 — 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