Darkata
Mohammad Bazar block · Birbhum
district, West Bengal · PIN 731216
· village code 316774
Population 2011
2,198
Census of India
Population 2020
2,450
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+11.5%
252 people · 1.2% a year
Households
493
+5.8% vs 466 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,198
Male / female
1,111 / 1,087
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
978
Children aged 0–6
378
Literacy rate
48.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
663 / 149
Working population
782
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
70.0%
Households
466
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 1 km away
No
All-weather road
No
Public transport nearest 2 km away
No
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 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
320
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
80
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
Yes
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
422
Non-farm households
68
Share of households farming, 2020
86%
Net sown area
300 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
300 / 220 / 30
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Sekedda panchayat, Mohammad Bazar 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
₹1.41 crore
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹1.85 crore
Received directly
₹1.61 lakh
Spent
₹2.23 crore
Unspent at year end
₹1.05 crore
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹65.44 lakh · received ₹76.16 lakh · spent ₹90.22 lakh · left ₹52.99 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹75.70 lakh · received ₹1.09 crore · spent ₹1.33 crore · left ₹51.56 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.0541, 87.6472 —
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