Bara Paikpara Arazi
Phansidewa block · Darjeeling
district, West Bengal · PIN 734426
· village code 306768
Population 2011
6,899
Census of India
Population 2020
8,245
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+19.5%
1,346 people · 2.0% a year
Households
1,680
+12.6% vs 1,492 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
6,899
Male / female
3,532 / 3,367
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
953
Children aged 0–6
922
Literacy rate
56.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
2,411 / 1,338
Working population
2,581
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
10.2%
Households
1,492
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
only one habitation is covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
PHC
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan
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
510
Teachers
21
Students per teacher
24
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
60
Non-farm households
1,620
Share of households farming, 2020
4%
Net sown area
5 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
5 / 3 / 3
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Bidhannagar-Ii 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
₹74.75 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹92.85 lakh
Received directly
₹2.50 lakh
Spent
₹1.35 crore
Unspent at year end
₹34.86 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹38.00 lakh · received ₹38.16 lakh · spent ₹55.33 lakh · left ₹23.32 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹36.74 lakh · received ₹54.69 lakh · spent ₹79.90 lakh · left ₹11.54 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.5225, 88.2416 —
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population changes in Darjeeling district ·
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staffing across Darjeeling ·
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