Denchung
Jorethang block · South District
district, Sikkim · PIN 737126
· village code 261117
Population 2011
980
Census of India
Population 2020
1,200
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+22.4%
220 people · 2.3% a year
Households
280
+32.1% vs 212 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
980
Male / female
511 / 469
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
918
Children aged 0–6
84
Literacy rate
73.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1 / 361
Working population
429
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
82.8%
Households
212
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 1 km away
No
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Van
Electricity
4-8 Hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
210
Non-farm households
70
Share of households farming, 2020
75%
Net sown area
20 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
18 / 20 / 5
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Poklok 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
₹27.06 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹0
Received directly
₹15.85 lakh
Spent
₹8.75 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹34.16 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹14.92 lakh · received ₹0 · spent ₹5.39 lakh · left ₹16.26 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹12.14 lakh · received ₹0 · spent ₹3.36 lakh · left ₹17.90 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
27.1694, 88.3099 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in South District district ·
School
staffing across South District ·
…and across Sikkim