Atharakotha
Sitalkuchi block · Coochbehar
district, West Bengal · PIN 736172
· village code 308797
Population 2011
357
Census of India
Population 2020
694
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+94.4%
337 people · 7.7% a year
Households
172
+115.0% vs 80 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
357
Male / female
177 / 180
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,017
Children aged 0–6
37
Literacy rate
57.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 0
Working population
181
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
92.8%
Households
80
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 2 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Van
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 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
282
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
56
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
138
Non-farm households
34
Share of households farming, 2020
80%
Net sown area
28 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
28 / 19 / 20
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Gosairhat panchayat, Sitalkuchi 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
₹51.21 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹81.55 lakh
Received directly
₹57,929
Spent
₹90.06 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹43.27 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹15.68 lakh · received ₹33.51 lakh · spent ₹32.70 lakh · left ₹17.07 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹35.53 lakh · received ₹48.04 lakh · spent ₹57.36 lakh · left ₹26.20 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.2162, 89.1930 —
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