Mekliganj
Mekliganj is a town in Coochbehar district of West Bengal and serves as Nagar Parishad. It is also a Block, Subdivision and Panchayat Samiti of Coochbehar district.
As on April 2024, the current population of Mekliganj is 10 thousands out of which 5.1 thousands are males and rest 4.9 thousands are females. The sex ratio of this town is 957 females per 1000 males. There are around 1.1 thousands teenagers in Mekliganj. It has literacy rate of 66% which means around 6.6 thousands persons can read and write. Total 4.9 thousands people belonging to scheduled caste and 119 scheduled tribe people live in the town. There are around 2.5 thousands households in Mekliganj, which means every family has 4 members on average. The town has working population of 3.5 thousands.
Mekliganj Panchayat Samiti
Niyati Sarkar is the President (Block Pramukh) of Panchayat Samiti Mekliganj, who can be contacted at email address sabhapatimkgps@gmail.com and mobile number 76026xxx11. The Block Development Officer (BDO) is Sangay Uden Bhutia, who can be reached at email address bdomekhliganj2018@gmail.com and mobile number 83730xxx38. The Block address is Changrabandha, Pincode - 735301. You can reach there by taking a bus till Changrabandha bus stop which is less than a km away. The Block has both library facility and internet facility.There are fifteen computers available for various works.It also has a CSC center. Mekliganj Panchayat Samiti consists of total 8 Gram Panchayat.
Other villages in Mekliganj Subdivision
Mekliganj Subdivision has total 5 villages which are currently not mapped to any Gram Panchayat.