Sangkhu
Dentam block · West District
district, Sikkim · PIN 737112
· village code 261033
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 1,963 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 368 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
1,963
Male / female
1,025 / 938
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
915
Children aged 0–6
225
Literacy rate
67.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
80 / 833
Working population
1,096
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
76.5%
Households
415
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 2 km away
No
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Van
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
PHC
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
40
Non-farm households
65
Share of households farming, 2020
38%
Net sown area
29 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
29 / 19 / 0
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Sangkhu Radukhandu 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
₹13.04 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹0
Received directly
₹34.17 lakh
Spent
₹29.34 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹17.87 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹5.77 lakh · received ₹0 · spent ₹6.19 lakh · left ₹13.38 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹7.27 lakh · received ₹0 · spent ₹23.16 lakh · left ₹4.49 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
27.2556, 88.1397 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in West District district ·
School
staffing across West District ·
…and across Sikkim