Araji Bhelakoba I
Rajganj block · Jalpaiguri
district, West Bengal · PIN 735133
· village code 306869
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 353 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 1,604 — more than 2.5 times higher, which no village grows in nine years. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
353
Male / female
186 / 167
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
898
Children aged 0–6
46
Literacy rate
57.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
296 / 57
Working population
138
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
63.0%
Households
75
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 1 km away
No
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 2 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 2 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
Separately located
Farming
Farm households
41
Non-farm households
530
Share of households farming, 2020
7%
Net sown area
7 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
7 / 3 / 1
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Panikauri panchayat, Rajganj 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
₹57.46 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹94.78 lakh
Received directly
₹48,001
Spent
₹1.32 crore
Unspent at year end
₹21.05 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹15.63 lakh · received ₹38.99 lakh · spent ₹46.16 lakh · left ₹8.94 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹41.83 lakh · received ₹55.79 lakh · spent ₹85.50 lakh · left ₹12.11 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.5766, 88.6055 —
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Nearby villages
Angrabhasa (N)
compare · Apalchand
compare · Apalchand Forest
compare · Araji Amarkhana
compare · Araji Bhelakoba II
compare · Araji Bhelakoba III
compare · Araji Binnaguri
compare · Araji Garalbari
compare
How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Jalpaiguri district ·
School
staffing across Jalpaiguri ·
…and across West Bengal