Sopakha
Dentam block · West District
district, Sikkim · PIN 737113
· village code 261028
Population 2011
820
Census of India
Population 2020
1,207
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+47.2%
387 people · 4.4% a year
Households
238
+75.0% vs 136 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
820
Male / female
433 / 387
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
894
Children aged 0–6
102
Literacy rate
67.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 365
Working population
543
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
62.6%
Households
136
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 10 km away
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Van
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 10 km away
No
Anganwadi
No
Internet
Yes
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
55
Teachers
12
Students per teacher
5
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
20
Non-farm households
21
Share of households farming, 2020
49%
Net sown area
232 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
232 / 125 / 63
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Sopakha 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
₹11.92 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹0
Received directly
₹16.42 lakh
Spent
₹15.97 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹12.37 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹5.56 lakh · received ₹0 · spent ₹6.00 lakh · left ₹4.59 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹6.36 lakh · received ₹0 · spent ₹9.97 lakh · left ₹7.78 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