Takothang
Mangalbarey block · West District
district, Sikkim · PIN 737121
· village code 261064
Population 2011
1,282
Census of India
Population 2020
1,413
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+10.2%
131 people · 1.1% a year
Households
302
+8.6% vs 278 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,282
Male / female
617 / 665
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,078
Children aged 0–6
148
Literacy rate
63.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
20 / 571
Working population
645
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
60.2%
Households
278
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
PHC
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan
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
63
Teachers
30
Students per teacher
2
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
189
Non-farm households
79
Share of households farming, 2020
71%
Net sown area
31 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
30 / 31 / 31
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Takothang 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
₹18.86 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹0
Received directly
₹20.37 lakh
Spent
₹9.62 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹29.60 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹3.06 lakh · received ₹0 · spent ₹1.72 lakh · left ₹12.46 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹15.79 lakh · received ₹0 · spent ₹7.91 lakh · left ₹17.14 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
27.1892, 88.2769 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in West District district ·
School
staffing across West District ·
…and across Sikkim