Paikmajita
Chandrakona-I block · Medinipur West
district, West Bengal · PIN 721242
· village code 337383
Population 2011
1,408
Census of India
Population 2020
1,960
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+39.2%
552 people · 3.7% a year
Households
410
+17.8% vs 348 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,408
Male / female
727 / 681
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
937
Children aged 0–6
159
Literacy rate
61.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
856 / 1
Working population
414
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
86.7%
Households
348
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school
Yes
Piped tap water nearest 2 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
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
156
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
52
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
20
Non-farm households
340
Share of households farming, 2020
6%
Net sown area
148 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
148 / 148 / 148
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Lakshmipur panchayat, Chandrakona-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
₹35.66 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹54.93 lakh
Received directly
₹70,757
Spent
₹69.72 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹21.57 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹14.86 lakh · received ₹22.57 lakh · spent ₹29.53 lakh · left ₹8.61 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹20.80 lakh · received ₹32.35 lakh · spent ₹40.18 lakh · left ₹12.97 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.7928, 87.5775 —
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