Paikhola
Narayangarh block · Medinipur West
district, West Bengal · PIN 721445
· village code 343386
Population 2011
1,055
Census of India
Population 2020
1,080
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+2.4%
25 people · 0.3% a year
Households
250
0.0% vs 250 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,055
Male / female
538 / 517
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
961
Children aged 0–6
115
Literacy rate
69.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
30 / 200
Working population
475
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
89.3%
Households
250
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road nearest 2 km away
No
Public transport nearest 2 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre nearest 2 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
63
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
21
Electricity
No
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
217
Non-farm households
33
Share of households farming, 2020
87%
Net sown area
70 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
70 / 55 / 8
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Hemchandra panchayat, Narayangarh 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
₹48.39 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹74.42 lakh
Received directly
₹1.64 lakh
Spent
₹84.83 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹39.62 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹20.09 lakh · received ₹30.58 lakh · spent ₹32.94 lakh · left ₹19.38 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹28.30 lakh · received ₹43.83 lakh · spent ₹51.89 lakh · left ₹20.24 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.0180, 87.4016 —
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