Tharpu
Soreng block · West District
district, Sikkim · PIN 737121
· village code 261093
Population 2011
1,117
Census of India
Population 2020
1,304
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+16.7%
187 people · 1.7% a year
Households
314
+24.1% vs 253 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,117
Male / female
584 / 533
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
913
Children aged 0–6
119
Literacy rate
68.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
134 / 376
Working population
490
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
72.5%
Households
253
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 10 km away
No
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 10 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre
PHC
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
211
Non-farm households
100
Share of households farming, 2020
68%
Net sown area
43 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
43 / 13 / 0
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Tharpu 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
₹3.58 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹0
Received directly
₹7.44 lakh
Spent
₹5.97 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹5.05 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹2.98 lakh · received ₹0 · spent ₹3.11 lakh · left ₹3.26 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹60,750 · received ₹0 · spent ₹2.86 lakh · left ₹1.79 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
27.1532, 88.1876 —
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Nearby villages
Tadong
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in West District district ·
School
staffing across West District ·
…and across Sikkim