Dalkajhar Forest

Naxal Bari block · Darjeeling district, West Bengal · PIN 734424 · village code 306640

Population 2011

512

Census of India

Population 2020

604

Mission Antyodaya survey

Change

+18.0%

92 people · 1.9% a year

Households

125

+22.6% vs 102 in 2011

Census 2011

Total population

512

Male / female

259 / 253

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

977

Children aged 0–6

Literacy rate

71.9%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

16 / 286

Working population

155

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

43.2%

Households

102

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school nearest 5 km away

Middle school nearest 10 km away

High school nearest 10 km away

Piped tap water

50 to 100% habitations covered

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Auto

Electricity

>12 hrs

Bank nearest 10 km away

Primary health centre nearest 10 km away

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

Common service centre

No CSC

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Upper Bagdogra 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

₹97.98 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹97.54 lakh

Received directly

₹5.61 lakh

Spent

₹1.30 crore

Unspent at year end

₹71.42 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹22.94 lakh · received ₹40.08 lakh · spent ₹43.48 lakh · left ₹25.15 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹75.04 lakh · received ₹57.45 lakh · spent ₹86.23 lakh · left ₹46.26 lakh

Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied together make up the totals above.

Location

26.6855, 88.2067 — view on OpenStreetMap

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