Martam
Martam block · East District
district, Sikkim · PIN 737134
· village code 261279
Population 2011
3,720
Census of India
Population 2020
3,929
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+5.6%
209 people · 0.6% a year
Households
839
+8.1% vs 776 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
3,720
Male / female
2,001 / 1,719
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
859
Children aged 0–6
398
Literacy rate
65.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
303 / 1,359
Working population
2,089
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
51.5%
Households
776
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 5 km away
No
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre
CHC
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
97
Teachers
18
Students per teacher
5
Electricity
No
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
270
Non-farm households
492
Share of households farming, 2020
35%
Net sown area
196 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
196 / 50 / 34
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Martam Nazitam 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
₹26.29 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹0
Received directly
₹41.69 lakh
Spent
₹17.74 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹50.24 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹13.20 lakh · received ₹0 · spent ₹8.89 lakh · left ₹21.46 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹13.09 lakh · received ₹0 · spent ₹8.84 lakh · left ₹28.78 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
27.2432, 88.5224 —
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How this village compares
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School
staffing across East District ·
…and across Sikkim