Gerethang
Arithang Chongrang block · West District
district, Sikkim · PIN 737111
· village code 260982
Population 2011
1,236
Census of India
Population 2020
1,372
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+11.0%
136 people · 1.2% a year
Households
293
+22.6% vs 239 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,236
Male / female
633 / 603
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
953
Children aged 0–6
172
Literacy rate
74.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
57 / 854
Working population
628
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
83.1%
Households
239
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road nearest 2 km away
No
Public transport
Van
Electricity
—
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
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
1
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
0
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
Yes
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
240
Non-farm households
20
Share of households farming, 2020
92%
Net sown area
125 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
125 / 49 / 10
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Gerethang 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
₹18.06 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹0
Received directly
₹30.78 lakh
Spent
₹16.45 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹32.39 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹7.07 lakh · received ₹0 · spent ₹10.44 lakh · left ₹9.90 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹10.98 lakh · received ₹0 · spent ₹6.01 lakh · left ₹22.49 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
27.3514, 88.2435 —
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staffing across West District ·
…and across Sikkim