By population, Barphok ranks #8 of 24 villages in Dentam mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Barphok is a village of 1,549 people in 313 households (Census 2011) in Dentam block, Gyalshing district, Sikkim, the 8th-largest of 24 villages in Dentam block. Literacy is 61%, 6 points below the block average of 67% and the sex ratio is 944 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 737113, served by Pelling post office; the LGD village code is 261041. The population is estimated at 1,826 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Berfok Chandabong →
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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