Damthang
Namchi block · South District
district, Sikkim · PIN 737126
· village code 261109
Population 2011
608
Census of India
Population 2020
580
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-4.6%
-28 people · -0.5% a year
Households
124
-1.6% vs 126 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
608
Male / female
331 / 277
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
837
Children aged 0–6
65
Literacy rate
74.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
14 / 193
Working population
379
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
74.4%
Households
126
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Van
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
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
13
Teachers
7
Students per teacher
2
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
80
Non-farm households
44
Share of households farming, 2020
65%
Net sown area
115 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
115 / 77 / 0
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Damthang 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
₹21.49 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹0
Received directly
₹14.50 lakh
Spent
₹6.07 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹29.92 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹12.26 lakh · received ₹0 · spent ₹4.90 lakh · left ₹13.38 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹9.23 lakh · received ₹0 · spent ₹1.17 lakh · left ₹16.54 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
27.2072, 88.3722 —
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How this village compares
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population changes in South District district ·
School
staffing across South District ·
…and across Sikkim