Paikan Durjyodhan
Daspur-I block · Medinipur West
district, West Bengal · PIN 721211
· village code 337815
Population 2011
1,075
Census of India
Population 2020
1,215
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+13.0%
140 people · 1.4% a year
Households
251
+5.5% vs 238 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,075
Male / female
545 / 530
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
972
Children aged 0–6
124
Literacy rate
78.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
51 / 0
Working population
762
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
82.2%
Households
238
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road nearest 2 km away
No
Public transport
Van
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 1 km away
No
Primary health centre
PHC
Anganwadi nearest 2 km away
No
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
1
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
0
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
236
Non-farm households
15
Share of households farming, 2020
94%
Net sown area
50 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
50 / 30 / 0
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Basudevpur panchayat, Daspur-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
₹44.06 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹1.03 crore
Received directly
₹64,684
Spent
₹1.01 crore
Unspent at year end
₹46.85 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹27.63 lakh · received ₹32.46 lakh · spent ₹39.70 lakh · left ₹21.04 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹16.43 lakh · received ₹70.21 lakh · spent ₹60.83 lakh · left ₹25.80 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.5766, 87.7127 —
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