Malbasey

Soreng block · West District district, Sikkim · PIN 737121 · village code 261095

The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change is shown. Census 2011 recorded 2,888 people; Mission Antyodaya 2020 recorded 1,488 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot tell which.

Census 2011

Total population

2,888

Male / female

1,481 / 1,407

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

950

Children aged 0–6

314

Literacy rate

70.8%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

86 / 680

Working population

1,540

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

56.5%

Households

627

Village facilities, 2020

This village spans 2 gram panchayats and was surveyed once by each. The figures below are from Bhudang panchayat's return.

Primary school

Yes

Middle school nearest 5 km away

High school

Yes

Piped tap water

50 to 100% habitations covered

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Van

Electricity

1-4 hrs

Bank

Yes

Primary health centre

PHC

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

Common service centre

No CSC

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

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

279

Non-farm households

Share of households farming, 2020

81%

Net sown area

405 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

89 / 6 / 405

Main irrigation source

Canals

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Bhudang 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

₹11.30 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹0

Received directly

₹13.32 lakh

Spent

₹5.56 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹19.07 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹3.01 lakh · received ₹0 · spent ₹1.17 lakh · left ₹7.45 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹8.29 lakh · received ₹0 · spent ₹4.39 lakh · left ₹11.62 lakh

Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied together make up the totals above.

Location

27.1532, 88.2079 — view on OpenStreetMap

Nearby villages

Lower Fambong compare · Lungchok compare · Lungzik compare · Mabong compare · Maneybung compare · Mangmo compare · Mangnam compare · Martam compare

How this village compares

Biggest population changes in West District district · School staffing across West District · …and across Sikkim