Dentam
Dentam block · West District
district, Sikkim · PIN 737113
· village code 261032
Population 2011
749
Census of India
Population 2020
510
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-31.9%
-239 people · -4.2% a year
Households
83
-40.3% vs 139 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
749
Male / female
408 / 341
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
836
Children aged 0–6
66
Literacy rate
77.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
105 / 123
Working population
418
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
25.1%
Households
139
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 10 km away
No
Middle school nearest 10 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Van
Electricity
—
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi nearest 10 km away
No
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
30
Non-farm households
17
Share of households farming, 2020
64%
Net sown area
47 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
47 / 20 / 0
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 —
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Nearby villages
Chuchen
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in West District district ·
School
staffing across West District ·
…and across Sikkim