Kuchia

Phansidewa block · Darjeeling district, West Bengal · PIN 734426 · village code 306700

Change since 2011 is not available for this village. The 2020 Mission Antyodaya survey recorded a population of 1,360 — exactly the Census 2011 figure. That happens in about 15% of villages nationally, where the surveyor appears to have carried the old number forward rather than counting afresh. Showing “0% growth” here would be reporting a number nobody measured, so we don't. How we detect this.

Population (Census 2011)

1,360

Households 2020

282

surveyed separately, so usable

Census 2011

Total population

1,360

Male / female

659 / 701

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

1,064

Children aged 0–6

138

Literacy rate

65.8%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

876 / 403

Working population

465

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

43.2%

Households

282

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school nearest 10 km away

High school nearest 10 km away

Piped tap water

<50% habitation covered

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Van

Electricity

>12 hrs

Bank nearest 5 km away

Primary health centre

PHC

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

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

100

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

None

Computer lab

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

Non-farm households

Net sown area

100 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

100 / 75 / 0

Main irrigation source

Other

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Ghospukur panchayat, Phansidewa 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

₹77.66 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹1.13 crore

Received directly

₹3.11 lakh

Spent

₹1.31 crore

Unspent at year end

₹62.10 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹28.96 lakh · received ₹46.30 lakh · spent ₹59.51 lakh · left ₹18.86 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹48.70 lakh · received ₹66.37 lakh · spent ₹71.84 lakh · left ₹43.23 lakh

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

Location

26.5766, 88.3235 — view on OpenStreetMap

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How this village compares

Biggest population changes in Darjeeling district · School staffing across Darjeeling · …and across West Bengal