Maricha Gitaldaha
Sitalkuchi block · Coochbehar
district, West Bengal · PIN 736158
· village code 308809
Population 2011
2,993
Census of India
Population 2020
3,410
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+13.9%
417 people · 1.5% a year
Households
712
+9.4% vs 651 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,993
Male / female
1,518 / 1,475
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
972
Children aged 0–6
554
Literacy rate
55.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
31 / 0
Working population
992
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
94.0%
Households
651
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 5 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 10 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
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
250
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
42
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
20
Non-farm households
30
Share of households farming, 2020
40%
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Lalbazar 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
₹45.93 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹87.14 lakh
Received directly
₹82,937
Spent
₹1.24 crore
Unspent at year end
₹9.72 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹6.96 lakh · received ₹35.81 lakh · spent ₹38.43 lakh · left ₹5.17 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹38.97 lakh · received ₹51.33 lakh · spent ₹85.75 lakh · left ₹4.55 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.1261, 89.2445 —
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