Budhkaran
Naxal Bari block · Darjeeling
district, West Bengal · PIN 734429
· village code 306588
Population 2011
1,632
Census of India
Population 2020
2,670
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+63.6%
1,038 people · 5.6% a year
Households
530
+55.0% vs 342 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,632
Male / female
831 / 801
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
964
Children aged 0–6
202
Literacy rate
63.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
812 / 482
Working population
508
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
53.4%
Households
342
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 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
395
Teachers
10
Students per teacher
40
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
325
Non-farm households
205
Share of households farming, 2020
61%
Net sown area
60 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
60 / 60 / 1
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Nakshalbari 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
₹74.68 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹1.08 crore
Received directly
₹39,547
Spent
₹1.35 crore
Unspent at year end
₹47.97 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹22.79 lakh · received ₹44.25 lakh · spent ₹50.78 lakh · left ₹16.66 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹51.90 lakh · received ₹63.43 lakh · spent ₹84.01 lakh · left ₹31.31 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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