Nikarighata
Canning-I block · 24 Paraganas South
district, West Bengal · PIN 743329
· village code 333801
Population 2011
3,419
Census of India
Population 2020
4,025
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+17.7%
606 people · 1.8% a year
Households
875
+16.8% vs 749 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
3,419
Male / female
1,781 / 1,638
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
920
Children aged 0–6
369
Literacy rate
67.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
3,338 / 0
Working population
1,523
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
32.4%
Households
749
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Van
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
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
650
Teachers
10
Students per teacher
65
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
525
Non-farm households
350
Share of households farming, 2020
60%
Net sown area
63 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
63 / 35 / 0
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Nikarighata panchayat, Canning-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
₹74.40 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹1.07 crore
Received directly
₹2.53 lakh
Spent
₹1.26 crore
Unspent at year end
₹57.33 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹37.75 lakh · received ₹43.92 lakh · spent ₹60.36 lakh · left ₹23.83 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹36.65 lakh · received ₹62.95 lakh · spent ₹66.10 lakh · left ₹33.50 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.2883, 88.6406 —
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