Machong
Parkha block · East District
district, Sikkim · PIN 737131
· village code 261351
Population 2011
1,311
Census of India
Population 2020
1,765
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+34.6%
454 people · 3.4% a year
Households
291
-1.0% vs 294 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,311
Male / female
643 / 668
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,039
Children aged 0–6
128
Literacy rate
66.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
86 / 590
Working population
731
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
58.3%
Households
294
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 2 km away
No
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Van
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
PHC
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
210
Non-farm households
81
Share of households farming, 2020
72%
Net sown area
249 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
160 / 90 / 249
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
27.2370, 88.6646 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in East District district ·
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staffing across East District ·
…and across Sikkim