Lingchom
Gyalshing block · West District
district, Sikkim · PIN 737111
· village code 261019
Population 2011
2,040
Census of India
Population 2020
2,083
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+2.1%
43 people · 0.2% a year
Households
489
+21.3% vs 403 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,040
Male / female
1,040 / 1,000
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
962
Children aged 0–6
260
Literacy rate
64.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
70 / 805
Working population
1,099
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
74.3%
Households
403
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
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
Yes
Public transport
Van
Electricity
>12 hrs
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
67
Teachers
11
Students per teacher
6
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
391
Non-farm households
58
Share of households farming, 2020
87%
Net sown area
261 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
261 / 9 / 91
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Lingchom Tikjya 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
₹2.01 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹0
Received directly
₹26.46 lakh
Spent
₹20.76 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹7.72 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹85,029 · received ₹0 · spent ₹9.39 lakh · left ₹6.58 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹1.16 lakh · received ₹0 · spent ₹11.37 lakh · left ₹1.13 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
27.2873, 88.2426 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in West District district ·
School
staffing across West District ·
…and across Sikkim