Mechi Forest
Naxal Bari block · Darjeeling
district, West Bengal · PIN 734423
· village code 306568
Population 2011
225
Census of India
Population 2020
241
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+7.1%
16 people · 0.8% a year
Households
47
+11.9% vs 42 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
225
Male / female
114 / 111
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
974
Children aged 0–6
21
Literacy rate
61.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 107
Working population
105
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
31.4%
Households
42
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water
only one habitation is covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Van
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
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
10
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
5
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
0
Non-farm households
47
Net sown area
1,005 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
0 / 213 / 1,005
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Maniram panchayat, Naxal Bari 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
₹75.32 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹97.98 lakh
Received directly
₹1.18 lakh
Spent
₹91.28 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹83.19 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹30.27 lakh · received ₹40.26 lakh · spent ₹36.69 lakh · left ₹35.02 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹45.05 lakh · received ₹57.71 lakh · spent ₹54.59 lakh · left ₹48.17 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.6847, 88.1853 —
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