Omchu
Wok block · South District
district, Sikkim · PIN 737126
· village code 261105
Population 2011
453
Census of India
Population 2020
493
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+8.8%
40 people · 0.9% a year
Households
120
+25.0% vs 96 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
453
Male / female
244 / 209
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
857
Children aged 0–6
37
Literacy rate
80.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 125
Working population
244
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
77.9%
Households
96
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 10 km away
No
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road nearest 5 km away
No
Public transport nearest 10 km away
No
Electricity
4-8 Hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre
PHC
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
114
Non-farm households
6
Share of households farming, 2020
95%
Net sown area
18 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
18 / 14 / 5
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Wok Omchu 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
₹17.78 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹0
Received directly
₹14.04 lakh
Spent
₹8.85 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹22.97 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹8.44 lakh · received ₹0 · spent ₹3.65 lakh · left ₹12.07 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹9.34 lakh · received ₹0 · spent ₹5.21 lakh · left ₹10.89 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
27.2072, 88.3114 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in South District district ·
School
staffing across South District ·
…and across Sikkim