Sangtong
Ranka block · East District
district, Sikkim · PIN 737102
· village code 261295
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 822 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 279 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
822
Male / female
396 / 426
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,076
Children aged 0–6
77
Literacy rate
68.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
33 / 450
Working population
284
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
19.4%
Households
168
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 2 km away
No
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
40
Non-farm households
22
Share of households farming, 2020
65%
Net sown area
7 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
7 / 7 / 7
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Ranka 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
₹25.88 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹0
Received directly
₹13.51 lakh
Spent
₹7.02 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹32.36 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹14.02 lakh · received ₹0 · spent ₹3.28 lakh · left ₹16.66 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹11.86 lakh · received ₹0 · spent ₹3.74 lakh · left ₹15.70 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
27.3514, 88.6086 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in East District district ·
School
staffing across East District ·
…and across Sikkim