Kalam
Matigara block · Darjeeling
district, West Bengal · PIN 734012
· village code 306553
Population 2011
5,664
Census of India
Population 2020
8,915
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+57.4%
3,251 people · 5.2% a year
Households
1,984
+60.4% vs 1,237 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
5,664
Male / female
3,280 / 2,384
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
727
Children aged 0–6
610
Literacy rate
75.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
911 / 432
Working population
2,328
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
1.9%
Households
1,237
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 1 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
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre nearest 1 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
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
85
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
14
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
19
Non-farm households
1,962
Share of households farming, 2020
1%
Net sown area
0 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
0 / 0 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Matigara-I 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
₹39.97 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹61.59 lakh
Received directly
₹1.59 lakh
Spent
₹75.07 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹28.09 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹11.38 lakh · received ₹25.31 lakh · spent ₹22.81 lakh · left ₹15.46 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹28.60 lakh · received ₹36.28 lakh · spent ₹52.25 lakh · left ₹12.63 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.6847, 88.3668 —
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