Sitai
Sitai block · Coochbehar
district, West Bengal · PIN 736167
· village code 308743
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 4,949 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 890 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
4,949
Male / female
2,538 / 2,411
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
950
Children aged 0–6
657
Literacy rate
49.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
4,574 / 18
Working population
2,202
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
91.2%
Households
1,124
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
No
High school
Yes
Piped tap water nearest 1 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 2 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank
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
2
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
1
Electricity
No
Toilets
Boys
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
No
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
150
Non-farm households
70
Share of households farming, 2020
68%
Net sown area
90 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
2 / 90 / 17
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Sitai-I panchayat, Sitai 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
₹73.66 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹64.90 lakh
Received directly
₹2.47 lakh
Spent
₹1.03 crore
Unspent at year end
₹37.95 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹14.52 lakh · received ₹26.67 lakh · spent ₹30.36 lakh · left ₹13.29 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹59.14 lakh · received ₹38.23 lakh · spent ₹72.71 lakh · left ₹24.66 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.0901, 89.3173 —
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population changes in Coochbehar district ·
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