Paikar
Raghunathganj-I block · Murshidabad
district, West Bengal · PIN 742227
· village code 314038
Population 2011
963
Census of India
Population 2020
980
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+1.8%
17 people · 0.2% a year
Households
182
0.0% vs 182 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
963
Male / female
514 / 449
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
874
Children aged 0–6
183
Literacy rate
42.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
268 / 0
Working population
405
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
26.2%
Households
182
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 1 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 1 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 1 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
97
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
32
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
58
Non-farm households
29
Share of households farming, 2020
67%
Net sown area
18 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
9 / 18 / 3
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Mirjapur panchayat, Raghunathganj-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
₹1.14 crore
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹1.04 crore
Received directly
₹1.20 lakh
Spent
₹1.25 crore
Unspent at year end
₹93.20 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹49.55 lakh · received ₹42.60 lakh · spent ₹54.26 lakh · left ₹39.09 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹64.26 lakh · received ₹60.96 lakh · spent ₹71.11 lakh · left ₹54.11 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.3063, 88.0183 —
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