Dolepchen
Reghu block · East District
district, Sikkim · PIN 737131
· village code 261368
Population 2011
2,553
Census of India
Population 2020
2,396
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-6.2%
-157 people · -0.7% a year
Households
562
+0.7% vs 558 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,553
Male / female
1,290 / 1,263
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
979
Children aged 0–6
252
Literacy rate
75.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
47 / 196
Working population
901
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
55.5%
Households
558
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Van
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
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
60
Teachers
15
Students per teacher
4
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
280
Non-farm households
278
Share of households farming, 2020
50%
Net sown area
133 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
133 / 18 / 20
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Dolepchen 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
₹16.64 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹0
Received directly
₹23.48 lakh
Spent
₹9.55 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹30.57 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹6.51 lakh · received ₹0 · spent ₹5.51 lakh · left ₹10.27 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹10.13 lakh · received ₹0 · spent ₹4.03 lakh · left ₹20.30 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
27.1892, 88.6820 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in East District district ·
School
staffing across East District ·
…and across Sikkim