Karmatar
Dentam block · West District
district, Sikkim · PIN 737223
· village code 261027
Population 2011
1,284
Census of India
Population 2020
937
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-27.0%
-347 people · -3.4% a year
Households
195
-16.7% vs 234 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,284
Male / female
687 / 597
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
869
Children aged 0–6
182
Literacy rate
62.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
22 / 504
Working population
809
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
93.5%
Households
234
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Van
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 10 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
92
Teachers
16
Students per teacher
6
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
Yes
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
181
Non-farm households
14
Share of households farming, 2020
93%
Net sown area
156 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
156 / 121 / 41
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Karmatar Gitang 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
₹13.79 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹0
Received directly
₹10.98 lakh
Spent
₹16.31 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹8.46 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹4.72 lakh · received ₹0 · spent ₹8.33 lakh · left ₹70,588
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹9.07 lakh · received ₹0 · spent ₹7.98 lakh · left ₹7.76 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
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