Sokpay
Yangang block · South District
district, Sikkim · PIN 737134
· village code 261228
Population 2011
471
Census of India
Population 2020
495
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+5.1%
24 people · 0.6% a year
Households
116
+30.3% vs 89 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
471
Male / female
243 / 228
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
938
Children aged 0–6
72
Literacy rate
70.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
4 / 60
Working population
245
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
90.2%
Households
89
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Van
Electricity
4-8 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 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
8
Students per teacher
5
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
Yes
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
No
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
83
Non-farm households
10
Share of households farming, 2020
89%
Net sown area
138 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
138 / 12 / 16
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Lingi 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
₹5.42 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹0
Received directly
₹8.56 lakh
Spent
₹8.86 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹5.12 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹4.08 lakh · received ₹0 · spent ₹4.81 lakh · left ₹3.53 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹1.35 lakh · received ₹0 · spent ₹4.05 lakh · left ₹1.59 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
27.3514, 88.4666 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in South District district ·
School
staffing across South District ·
…and across Sikkim