Ben
Temi block · South District
district, Sikkim · PIN 737139
· village code 261246
Population 2011
2,200
Census of India
Population 2020
1,975
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-10.2%
-225 people · -1.2% a year
Households
551
+23.0% vs 448 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,200
Male / female
1,187 / 1,013
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
853
Children aged 0–6
261
Literacy rate
68.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
115 / 785
Working population
1,270
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
80.3%
Households
448
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
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
Sub Centre
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
71
Teachers
11
Students per teacher
7
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
327
Non-farm households
124
Share of households farming, 2020
73%
Net sown area
115 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
100 / 115 / 107
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Ben Namprik 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
₹79.98 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹0
Received directly
₹43,279
Spent
₹11.60 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹68.81 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹41.98 lakh · received ₹0 · spent ₹8.52 lakh · left ₹33.46 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹38.00 lakh · received ₹0 · spent ₹3.08 lakh · left ₹35.35 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
27.2432, 88.4008 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in South District district ·
School
staffing across South District ·
…and across Sikkim