Tarku
Temi block · South District
district, Sikkim · PIN 737134
· village code 261184
Population 2011
1,856
Census of India
Population 2020
1,643
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-11.5%
-213 people · -1.3% a year
Households
360
-3.0% vs 371 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,856
Male / female
949 / 907
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
956
Children aged 0–6
193
Literacy rate
75.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
136 / 239
Working population
1,046
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
70.2%
Households
371
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
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
42
Teachers
14
Students per teacher
3
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
261
Non-farm households
10
Share of households farming, 2020
96%
Net sown area
61 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
61 / 16 / 6
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Tarku 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
₹21.22 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹0
Received directly
₹17.13 lakh
Spent
₹14.96 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹23.39 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹8.15 lakh · received ₹0 · spent ₹6.41 lakh · left ₹8.99 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹13.06 lakh · received ₹0 · spent ₹8.55 lakh · left ₹14.40 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
27.2432, 88.4616 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in South District district ·
School
staffing across South District ·
…and across Sikkim