Paikpara
Nalhati-I block · Birbhum
district, West Bengal · PIN 731220
· village code 316201
Population 2011
9,993
Census of India
Population 2020
10,950
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+9.6%
957 people · 1.0% a year
Households
2,375
+4.1% vs 2,282 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
9,993
Male / female
5,125 / 4,868
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
950
Children aged 0–6
1,335
Literacy rate
63.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
5,162 / 365
Working population
3,424
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
67.6%
Households
2,282
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water nearest 2 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
Separately located
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
1,305
Teachers
20
Students per teacher
65
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
2,255
Non-farm households
115
Share of households farming, 2020
95%
Net sown area
471 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
282 / 188 / 471
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Paikpara panchayat, Nalhati-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
₹88.00 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹86.97 lakh
Received directly
₹68,524
Spent
₹1.26 crore
Unspent at year end
₹49.70 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹37.05 lakh · received ₹35.74 lakh · spent ₹55.43 lakh · left ₹18.05 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹50.95 lakh · received ₹51.23 lakh · spent ₹70.53 lakh · left ₹31.65 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.3405, 87.8471 —
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How this village compares
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population changes in Birbhum district ·
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staffing across Birbhum ·
…and across West Bengal