Begha

Dentam block · West District district, Sikkim · PIN 737113 · village code 261030

Population 2011

1,786

Census of India

Population 2020

1,380

Mission Antyodaya survey

Change

-22.7%

-406 people · -2.8% a year

Households

377

+5.0% vs 359 in 2011

Census 2011

Total population

1,786

Male / female

894 / 892

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

998

Children aged 0–6

214

Literacy rate

66.7%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

17 / 660

Working population

1,063

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

62.3%

Households

359

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school

Yes

Piped tap water

100% habitations covered

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Van

Electricity

—

Bank nearest 10 km away

Primary health centre

PHC

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

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

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Yes

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

311

Non-farm households

Share of households farming, 2020

85%

Net sown area

90 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

90 / 68 / 21

Main irrigation source

Other

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Dentam 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

₹21.08 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹0

Received directly

₹10.79 lakh

Spent

₹12.82 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹19.05 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹15.10 lakh · received ₹0 · spent ₹3.94 lakh · left ₹15.61 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹5.98 lakh · received ₹0 · spent ₹8.87 lakh · left ₹3.44 lakh

Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied together make up the totals above.

Location

27.2613, 88.1313 — view on OpenStreetMap

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How this village compares

Biggest population changes in West District district · School staffing across West District · …and across Sikkim