Bongten
Dentam block · West District
district, Sikkim · PIN 737111
· village code 261023
Population 2011
673
Census of India
Population 2020
725
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+7.7%
52 people · 0.8% a year
Households
147
+11.4% vs 132 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
673
Male / female
338 / 335
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
991
Children aged 0–6
90
Literacy rate
61.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
64 / 163
Working population
590
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
75.6%
Households
132
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
No
Middle school
No
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Van
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre
PHC
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
7
Non-farm households
140
Share of households farming, 2020
5%
Net sown area
101 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
101 / 50 / 0
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Bongten Sapong 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
₹8.27 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹0
Received directly
—
Spent
₹2.75 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹5.52 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹4.55 lakh · received ₹0 · spent ₹27,967 · left ₹4.27 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹3.72 lakh · received ₹0 · spent ₹2.48 lakh · left ₹1.24 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
27.2613, 88.1313 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in West District district ·
School
staffing across West District ·
…and across Sikkim