Chhota Jikabari
Mekliganj block · Coochbehar
district, West Bengal · PIN 735304
· village code 307715
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 290 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 900 — 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
290
Male / female
155 / 135
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
871
Children aged 0–6
47
Literacy rate
52.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
290 / 0
Working population
92
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
96.7%
Households
64
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Van
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
75
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
25
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
180
Non-farm households
30
Share of households farming, 2020
86%
Net sown area
50 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
40 / 50 / 33
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Kuchlibari 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
₹55.05 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹89.96 lakh
Received directly
₹81,011
Spent
₹1.01 crore
Unspent at year end
₹44.91 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹26.05 lakh · received ₹36.97 lakh · spent ₹44.17 lakh · left ₹19.66 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹29.00 lakh · received ₹52.99 lakh · spent ₹56.74 lakh · left ₹25.25 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.2703, 88.9733 —
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