Rajpairi
Matigara block · Darjeeling
district, West Bengal · PIN 734009
· village code 306507
Population 2011
2,018
Census of India
Population 2020
2,810
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+39.3%
792 people · 3.7% a year
Households
528
+27.5% vs 414 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,018
Male / female
1,033 / 985
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
954
Children aged 0–6
285
Literacy rate
52.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,742 / 123
Working population
847
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
31.1%
Households
414
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 nearest 2 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 1 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
12
Non-farm households
348
Share of households farming, 2020
3%
Net sown area
35 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
35 / 23 / 4
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Patharghata panchayat, Matigara zila parishad.
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
₹62.68 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹1.46 crore
Received directly
₹2.15 lakh
Spent
₹1.73 crore
Unspent at year end
₹38.24 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹11.92 lakh · received ₹60.14 lakh · spent ₹43.56 lakh · left ₹29.15 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹50.76 lakh · received ₹86.20 lakh · spent ₹1.29 crore · left ₹9.09 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.7568, 88.3824 —
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