Paikpara
Raiganj block · Dinajpur Uttar
district, West Bengal · PIN 733134
· village code 309643
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 692 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 1,990 — more than 2.5 times higher, which no village grows in nine years. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
692
Male / female
369 / 323
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
875
Children aged 0–6
125
Literacy rate
60.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
329 / 4
Working population
383
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
91.4%
Households
128
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 1 km away
No
Public transport
Van
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 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
110
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
22
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
0
Non-farm households
140
Net sown area
30 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
30 / 10 / 30
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Sitgram panchayat, Raiganj 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
₹1.01 crore
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹1.08 crore
Received directly
—
Spent
₹1.21 crore
Unspent at year end
₹88.15 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹41.38 lakh · received ₹44.49 lakh · spent ₹62.95 lakh · left ₹22.92 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹59.50 lakh · received ₹63.67 lakh · spent ₹57.94 lakh · left ₹65.23 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.5902, 88.1185 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Dinajpur Uttar district ·
School
staffing across Dinajpur Uttar ·
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