Yangthang
Gyalshing block · West District
district, Sikkim · PIN 737111
· village code 261017
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 2,931 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 1,691 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
2,931
Male / female
1,506 / 1,425
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
946
Children aged 0–6
340
Literacy rate
70.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
223 / 1,162
Working population
1,251
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
45.6%
Households
614
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 2 km away
No
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Van
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
196
Non-farm households
154
Share of households farming, 2020
56%
Net sown area
63 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
44 / 31 / 63
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Yangthang 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
₹24.06 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹0
Received directly
₹9.25 lakh
Spent
₹4.13 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹29.18 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹10.37 lakh · received ₹0 · spent ₹3.63 lakh · left ₹9.08 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹13.69 lakh · received ₹0 · spent ₹50,000 · left ₹20.11 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
27.2973, 88.2410 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in West District district ·
School
staffing across West District ·
…and across Sikkim