Meli
Yuksom block · West District
district, Sikkim · PIN 737113
· village code 260988
Population 2011
603
Census of India
Population 2020
525
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-12.9%
-78 people · -1.5% a year
Households
103
-18.3% vs 126 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
603
Male / female
327 / 276
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
844
Children aged 0–6
81
Literacy rate
65.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
22 / 309
Working population
464
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
89.0%
Households
126
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 2 km away
No
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road nearest 1 km away
No
Public transport nearest 10 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre
PHC
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
30
Non-farm households
10
Share of households farming, 2020
75%
Net sown area
39 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
39 / 14 / 14
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Meli Aching 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
₹9.66 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹0
Received directly
₹8.98 lakh
Spent
₹10.17 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹8.47 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹5.62 lakh · received ₹0 · spent ₹2.13 lakh · left ₹3.77 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹4.04 lakh · received ₹0 · spent ₹8.04 lakh · left ₹4.70 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
27.3337, 88.2051 —
view on OpenStreetMap
Nearby villages
Mangmo
compare · Mangnam
compare · Martam
compare · Meeyong
compare · Meli Singlitam
compare · Meliaching
compare · Mendo-Goan
compare · Mengyong
compare
How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in West District district ·
School
staffing across West District ·
…and across Sikkim