Thiknikata
Matigara block · Darjeeling district, West Bengal · PIN 734012 · village code 306551
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 3,294 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 8,268 — 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
3,294
Male / female
1,660 / 1,634
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
984
Children aged 0–6
337
Literacy rate
78.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,881 / 14
Working population
1,155
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
5.5%
Households
751
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
No
Middle school
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
No
Primary health centre nearest 1 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
96
Non-farm households
1,225
Share of households farming, 2020
7%
Net sown area
2 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
2 / 2 / 1
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Location
26.6847, 88.3668 — view on OpenStreetMap
Nearby villages
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