Sukani
Rajganj block · Jalpaiguri
district, West Bengal · PIN 735134
· village code 306880
Population 2011
35,276
Census of India
Population 2020
29,398
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-16.7%
-5,878 people · -2.0% a year
Households
5,683
-26.5% vs 7,735 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
35,276
Male / female
18,153 / 17,123
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
943
Children aged 0–6
4,464
Literacy rate
65.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
14,322 / 270
Working population
11,905
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
46.4%
Households
7,735
Village facilities, 2020
This village spans 2 gram panchayats and was
surveyed once by each. The figures below are from
Sukhani panchayat's return.
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
only one habitation is covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
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
1,527
Teachers
45
Students per teacher
34
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Boys
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
3,600
Non-farm households
730
Share of households farming, 2020
83%
Net sown area
500 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
2 / 500 / 152
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Sukhani 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
₹58.27 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹78.90 lakh
Received directly
₹18,852
Spent
₹1.02 crore
Unspent at year end
₹35.41 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹12.05 lakh · received ₹32.42 lakh · spent ₹30.47 lakh · left ₹14.19 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹46.22 lakh · received ₹46.47 lakh · spent ₹71.48 lakh · left ₹21.22 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.5586, 88.5312 —
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