Panikhawa
Matha Bhanga-Ii block · Coochbehar
district, West Bengal · PIN 736171
· village code 308044
Population 2011
2,527
Census of India
Population 2020
2,627
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+4.0%
100 people · 0.4% a year
Households
573
+4.2% vs 550 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,527
Male / female
1,326 / 1,201
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
906
Children aged 0–6
333
Literacy rate
63.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
2,093 / 0
Working population
943
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
79.0%
Households
550
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
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
91
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
23
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
314
Non-farm households
119
Share of households farming, 2020
73%
Net sown area
26 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
26 / 20 / 8
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Unishbisha panchayat, Matha Bhanga-Ii 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
₹48.87 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹1.06 crore
Received directly
₹42,012
Spent
₹1.14 crore
Unspent at year end
₹41.91 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹11.45 lakh · received ₹43.70 lakh · spent ₹43.01 lakh · left ₹12.35 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹37.42 lakh · received ₹62.53 lakh · spent ₹70.60 lakh · left ₹29.56 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.3243, 89.2560 —
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