Maghpala
Cooch Behar-I block · Coochbehar
district, West Bengal · PIN 736157
· village code 308115
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 2,745 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 950 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
2,745
Male / female
1,440 / 1,305
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
906
Children aged 0–6
332
Literacy rate
69.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
2,315 / 1
Working population
871
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
76.2%
Households
597
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
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 2 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 1 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
250
Non-farm households
50
Share of households farming, 2020
83%
Net sown area
150 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
150 / 50 / 0
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Falmari panchayat, Cooch Behar-I 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
₹43.40 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹82.93 lakh
Received directly
₹20,913
Spent
₹1.04 crore
Unspent at year end
₹22.25 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹10.00 lakh · received ₹34.08 lakh · spent ₹33.18 lakh · left ₹11.11 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹33.40 lakh · received ₹48.85 lakh · spent ₹71.11 lakh · left ₹11.14 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.2962, 89.3253 —
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