Parkha
Parkha block · East District
district, Sikkim · PIN 737106
· village code 261349
Population 2011
820
Census of India
Population 2020
959
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+16.9%
139 people · 1.8% a year
Households
223
+21.2% vs 184 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
820
Male / female
401 / 419
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,045
Children aged 0–6
70
Literacy rate
67.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
57 / 125
Working population
573
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
77.5%
Households
184
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 5 km away
No
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Van
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
172
Non-farm households
51
Share of households farming, 2020
77%
Net sown area
17 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
17 / 5 / 3
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Linkey Parakha 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
₹13.08 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹0
Received directly
₹21.71 lakh
Spent
₹12.41 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹22.39 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹4.26 lakh · received ₹0 · spent ₹5.41 lakh · left ₹7.64 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹8.82 lakh · received ₹0 · spent ₹6.99 lakh · left ₹14.74 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
27.2252, 88.6904 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in East District district ·
School
staffing across East District ·
…and across Sikkim