Dakshin Nijtaraf
Mekliganj block · Coochbehar
district, West Bengal · PIN 735304
· village code 307822
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 1,007 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 295 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
1,007
Male / female
539 / 468
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
868
Children aged 0–6
145
Literacy rate
37.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
617 / 0
Working population
513
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
96.9%
Households
234
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 1 km away
No
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road nearest 1 km away
No
Public transport nearest 2 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 1 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 1 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
0
Non-farm households
0
Net sown area
2 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
2 / 1 / 1
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Niztarof 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
₹7.18 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹51.96 lakh
Received directly
₹11,837
Spent
₹46.58 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹12.68 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹6.67 lakh · received ₹16.46 lakh · spent ₹17.10 lakh · left ₹6.15 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹50,714 · received ₹35.50 lakh · spent ₹29.49 lakh · left ₹6.52 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.3784, 88.9156 —
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Nearby villages
Dakshin Kursamari
compare · Dakshin Mashaldanga Khanda
compare · Dakshin Mekliganj
compare · Dakshin Mekliganj
compare · Dakshin Niztaraf
compare · Dakshin Panisala
compare · Dakshin Pran Majumder
compare · Dakshin Rangapani Balasi
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Coochbehar district ·
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staffing across Coochbehar ·
…and across West Bengal