Nijtaraf (P)
Mekliganj block · Coochbehar
district, West Bengal · PIN 735304
· village code 307824
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 1,618 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 240 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
1,618
Male / female
835 / 783
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
938
Children aged 0–6
251
Literacy rate
50.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,382 / 0
Working population
461
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
92.6%
Households
364
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 1 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 1 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
140
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
47
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
0
Non-farm households
0
Net sown area
2 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
1 / 2 / 1
Main irrigation source
Other
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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