West Pendam

Duga block · East District district, Sikkim · PIN 737134 · village code 261283

Population 2011

6,587

Census of India

Population 2020

5,239

Mission Antyodaya survey

Change

-20.5%

-1,348 people · -2.5% a year

Households

1,147

-10.8% vs 1,286 in 2011

Census 2011

Total population

6,587

Male / female

3,529 / 3,058

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

867

Children aged 0–6

754

Literacy rate

70.7%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

797 / 1,046

Working population

3,312

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

46.4%

Households

1,286

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 nearest 10 km away

Electricity

8-12 Hrs

Bank

Yes

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

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

600

Non-farm households

547

Share of households farming, 2020

52%

Net sown area

579 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

579 / 579 / 0

Main irrigation source

Surface water

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for West Pendam 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

₹19.30 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹0

Received directly

₹42.98 lakh

Spent

₹23.66 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹38.62 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹14.66 lakh · received ₹0 · spent ₹12.33 lakh · left ₹20.54 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹4.64 lakh · received ₹0 · spent ₹11.33 lakh · left ₹18.09 lakh

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

Location

27.2072, 88.4938 — view on OpenStreetMap

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How this village compares

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