Galmakhari
Matigara block · Darjeeling
district, West Bengal · PIN 734003
· village code 306515
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 45 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 450 — more than 2.5 times higher, which no village grows in nine years. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
45
Male / female
17 / 28
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,647
Children aged 0–6
9
Literacy rate
57.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 1
Working population
12
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
50.0%
Households
11
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 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
35
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
12
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Champasari 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
₹77.48 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹1.42 crore
Received directly
₹1.29 lakh
Spent
₹1.65 crore
Unspent at year end
₹56.10 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹33.88 lakh · received ₹58.31 lakh · spent ₹63.88 lakh · left ₹29.02 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹43.60 lakh · received ₹83.59 lakh · spent ₹1.01 crore · left ₹27.07 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.7748, 88.4166 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Darjeeling district ·
School
staffing across Darjeeling ·
…and across West Bengal