Gyalshing Forest Block
Gyalshing block · West District
district, Sikkim · PIN 737111
· village code 261048
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 70 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 787 — more than 2.5 times higher, which no village grows in nine years. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
70
Male / female
33 / 37
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,121
Children aged 0–6
10
Literacy rate
74.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 29
Working population
18
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
11.1%
Households
15
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 5 km away
No
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 2 km away
No
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
PHC
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
23
Non-farm households
0
Share of households farming, 2020
100%
Net sown area
2 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
2 / 2 / 2
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Gyalshing Omchung 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
₹5.74 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹0
Received directly
₹22.61 lakh
Spent
₹23.53 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹4.83 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹2.96 lakh · received ₹0 · spent ₹7.72 lakh · left ₹1.41 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹2.79 lakh · received ₹0 · spent ₹15.81 lakh · left ₹3.42 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
27.2817, 88.2649 —
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Nearby villages
Gelling
compare · Gerethang
compare · Gitang
compare · Gyalshing
compare · Hathidunga
compare · Hee
compare · Hee-Patal
compare · Hilley Forest Block
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in West District district ·
School
staffing across West District ·
…and across Sikkim