Riwa
Parkha block · East District
district, Sikkim · PIN 737101
· village code 261350
Population 2011
264
Census of India
Population 2020
317
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+20.1%
53 people · 2.1% a year
Households
65
+6.6% vs 61 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
264
Male / female
120 / 144
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,200
Children aged 0–6
22
Literacy rate
73.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 2
Working population
159
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
68.5%
Households
61
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 1 km away
No
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road nearest 10 km away
No
Public transport
Van
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
20
Non-farm households
45
Share of households farming, 2020
31%
Net sown area
18 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
15 / 9 / 18
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Riwa Machong 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
₹10.59 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹0
Received directly
₹14.08 lakh
Spent
₹8.69 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹15.98 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹4.93 lakh · received ₹0 · spent ₹3.77 lakh · left ₹6.79 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹5.66 lakh · received ₹0 · spent ₹4.92 lakh · left ₹9.19 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
27.2357, 88.6679 —
view on OpenStreetMap
Nearby villages
Rey Mendu
compare · Rhenock
compare · Rhenock Bazar
compare · Rhenock Forest Block
compare · Rolep
compare · Rongay
compare · Rongli Bazar
compare · Rongli Forest Block
compare
How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in East District district ·
School
staffing across East District ·
…and across Sikkim