Amba
Pakyong block · East District
district, Sikkim · PIN 737133
· village code 261344
Population 2011
2,193
Census of India
Population 2020
2,216
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+1.1%
23 people · 0.1% a year
Households
436
-0.5% vs 438 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,193
Male / female
1,129 / 1,064
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
942
Children aged 0–6
229
Literacy rate
62.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
128 / 605
Working population
1,278
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
62.8%
Households
438
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 10 km away
No
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road nearest 1 km away
No
Public transport
Van
Electricity
4-8 Hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
PHC
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
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
156
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
26
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
236
Non-farm households
200
Share of households farming, 2020
54%
Net sown area
290 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
15 / 290 / 10
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Amba 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
₹13.61 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹0
Received directly
₹20.26 lakh
Spent
₹4.99 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹28.89 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹7.40 lakh · received ₹0 · spent ₹1.91 lakh · left ₹14.00 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹6.21 lakh · received ₹0 · spent ₹3.08 lakh · left ₹14.89 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
27.1892, 88.6010 —
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How this village compares
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population changes in East District district ·
School
staffing across East District ·
…and across Sikkim