Bakhim

Ravangla block · South District district, Sikkim · PIN 737139 · village code 261214

The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change is shown. Census 2011 recorded 925 people; Mission Antyodaya 2020 recorded 526 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot tell which.

Census 2011

Total population

925

Male / female

498 / 427

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

857

Children aged 0–6

Literacy rate

73.4%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

43 / 597

Working population

329

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

52.0%

Households

193

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school

Yes

Piped tap water

only one habitation is covered

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Bus

Electricity

>12 hrs

Bank

Yes

Primary health centre

PHC

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

Yes

Common service centre

Separately located

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

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Yes

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

Non-farm households

Share of households farming, 2020

80%

Net sown area

6 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

6 / 3 / 0

Main irrigation source

Other

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Kewzing Bakhim 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

₹14.17 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹0

Received directly

₹35.44 lakh

Spent

₹13.26 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹36.35 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹7.75 lakh · received ₹0 · spent ₹6.49 lakh · left ₹10.12 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹6.42 lakh · received ₹0 · spent ₹6.77 lakh · left ₹26.23 lakh

Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied together make up the totals above.

Location

27.2973, 88.2410 — view on OpenStreetMap

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How this village compares

Biggest population changes in South District district · School staffing across South District · …and across Sikkim