Marchak
Martam block · East District
district, Sikkim · PIN 737135
· village code 261290
Population 2011
2,306
Census of India
Population 2020
2,580
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+11.9%
274 people · 1.3% a year
Households
454
-2.6% vs 466 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,306
Male / female
1,231 / 1,075
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
873
Children aged 0–6
211
Literacy rate
75.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
178 / 754
Working population
1,258
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
44.1%
Households
466
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Van
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank
No
Primary health centre
PHC
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
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
260
Teachers
45
Students per teacher
6
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
Yes
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
45
Non-farm households
105
Share of households farming, 2020
30%
Net sown area
30 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
30 / 18 / 3
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Samlik Marchak 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
₹9.57 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹0
Received directly
₹23.81 lakh
Spent
₹10.56 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹22.82 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹4.82 lakh · received ₹0 · spent ₹5.71 lakh · left ₹8.91 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹4.75 lakh · received ₹0 · spent ₹4.84 lakh · left ₹13.92 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
27.2973, 88.5654 —
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