Lachka
Matigara block · Darjeeling
district, West Bengal · PIN 734013
· village code 306546
Population 2011
1,126
Census of India
Population 2020
1,404
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+24.7%
278 people · 2.5% a year
Households
248
+10.2% vs 225 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,126
Male / female
559 / 567
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,014
Children aged 0–6
126
Literacy rate
62.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,110 / 0
Working population
328
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
11.6%
Households
225
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 2 km away
No
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 2 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 5 km away
No
Public transport
Van
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
45
Non-farm households
41
Share of households farming, 2020
52%
Net sown area
2 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
2 / 2 / 1
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Atharakhai 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
₹1.11 crore
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹1.63 crore
Received directly
₹10.11 lakh
Spent
₹2.41 crore
Unspent at year end
₹43.95 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹42.63 lakh · received ₹67.19 lakh · spent ₹86.15 lakh · left ₹30.11 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹68.59 lakh · received ₹96.30 lakh · spent ₹1.55 crore · left ₹13.84 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.7027, 88.3606 —
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