Paikchak
Pingla block · Medinipur West
district, West Bengal · PIN 721140
· village code 342610
Population 2011
540
Census of India
Population 2020
610
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+13.0%
70 people · 1.4% a year
Households
150
+2.0% vs 147 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
540
Male / female
281 / 259
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
922
Children aged 0–6
68
Literacy rate
77.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
12 / 117
Working population
241
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
88.0%
Households
147
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 2 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
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
79
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
20
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
142
Non-farm households
8
Share of households farming, 2020
95%
Net sown area
105 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
105 / 105 / 3
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Kshirai panchayat, Pingla 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
₹80.41 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹62.71 lakh
Received directly
₹1.72 lakh
Spent
₹1.12 crore
Unspent at year end
₹32.39 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹26.65 lakh · received ₹25.77 lakh · spent ₹47.38 lakh · left ₹6.76 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹53.76 lakh · received ₹36.94 lakh · spent ₹65.07 lakh · left ₹25.63 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.2883, 87.6085 —
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