Bhotbari
Mekliganj block · Coochbehar
district, West Bengal · PIN 735301
· village code 307709
Population 2011
993
Census of India
Population 2020
1,180
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+18.8%
187 people · 1.9% a year
Households
286
+5.9% vs 270 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
993
Male / female
517 / 476
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
921
Children aged 0–6
141
Literacy rate
54.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
977 / 0
Working population
523
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
94.7%
Households
270
Village facilities, 2020
This village spans 3 gram panchayats and was
surveyed once by each. The figures below are from
Bhotbari panchayat's return.
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
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
105
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
35
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
156
Non-farm households
130
Share of households farming, 2020
55%
Net sown area
120 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
70 / 120 / 3
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Bhotbari panchayat, Mekliganj 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
₹29.83 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹49.21 lakh
Received directly
₹1.68 lakh
Spent
₹63.85 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹16.86 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹4.42 lakh · received ₹20.22 lakh · spent ₹19.78 lakh · left ₹6.55 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹25.41 lakh · received ₹28.99 lakh · spent ₹44.08 lakh · left ₹10.32 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.1081, 89.4515 —
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