Omchung
Gyalshing block · West District
district, Sikkim · PIN 737111
· village code 261014
Population 2011
2,035
Census of India
Population 2020
1,536
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-24.5%
-499 people · -3.1% a year
Households
260
-38.4% vs 422 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,035
Male / female
1,050 / 985
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
938
Children aged 0–6
239
Literacy rate
67.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
238 / 543
Working population
674
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
44.2%
Households
422
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 10 km away
No
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 10 km away
No
Public transport nearest 10 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
PHC
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
86
Non-farm households
80
Share of households farming, 2020
52%
Net sown area
99 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
99 / 77 / 0
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Gyalshing Omchung 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
₹5.74 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹0
Received directly
₹22.61 lakh
Spent
₹23.53 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹4.83 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹2.96 lakh · received ₹0 · spent ₹7.72 lakh · left ₹1.41 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹2.79 lakh · received ₹0 · spent ₹15.81 lakh · left ₹3.42 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
27.2359, 88.2712 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in West District district ·
School
staffing across West District ·
…and across Sikkim