Sakojhora (D)
Dhupguri block · Jalpaiguri
district, West Bengal · PIN 735212
· village code 307421
Population 2011
5,586
Census of India
Population 2020
5,970
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+6.9%
384 people · 0.7% a year
Households
1,351
+5.9% vs 1,276 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
5,586
Male / female
2,860 / 2,726
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
953
Children aged 0–6
625
Literacy rate
69.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,314 / 1,008
Working population
1,975
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
18.4%
Households
1,276
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Van
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
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
120
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
30
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
802
Non-farm households
549
Share of households farming, 2020
59%
Net sown area
285 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
285 / 60 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Sakoyajhora-I panchayat, Banarhat 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
₹1.49 crore
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹1.24 crore
Received directly
—
Spent
₹2.00 crore
Unspent at year end
₹72.66 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹26.60 lakh · received ₹51.13 lakh · spent ₹52.40 lakh · left ₹25.34 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹1.22 crore · received ₹73.19 lakh · spent ₹1.48 crore · left ₹47.32 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.5225, 88.7249 —
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