Karek
Namthang block · South District
district, Sikkim · PIN 737132
· village code 261169
Population 2011
1,177
Census of India
Population 2020
1,157
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-1.7%
-20 people · -0.2% a year
Households
255
+12.8% vs 226 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,177
Male / female
628 / 549
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
874
Children aged 0–6
144
Literacy rate
68.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
21 / 142
Working population
619
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
67.8%
Households
226
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
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
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
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
43
Teachers
16
Students per teacher
3
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
213
Non-farm households
32
Share of households farming, 2020
87%
Net sown area
135 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
135 / 105 / 3
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Karek Kabrey 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
₹30.71 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹0
Received directly
—
Spent
₹8.48 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹22.23 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹10.17 lakh · received ₹0 · spent ₹3.88 lakh · left ₹6.29 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹20.55 lakh · received ₹0 · spent ₹4.60 lakh · left ₹15.94 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
27.1892, 88.4997 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in South District district ·
School
staffing across South District ·
…and across Sikkim