Benga
Sikty block · Araria district, Bihar · PIN 854333 · village code 222002
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 1,808 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 6,650 — more than 2.5 times higher, which no village grows in nine years. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
1,808
Male / female
924 / 884
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
957
Children aged 0–6
352
Literacy rate
47.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
17 / 0
Working population
616
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
97.6%
Households
427
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 10 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 10 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
938
Teachers
18
Students per teacher
52
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
No
Farming
Farm households
483
Non-farm households
577
Share of households farming, 2020
46%
Net sown area
404 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
379 / 404 / 52
Main irrigation source
Other
Location
26.2883, 87.5000 — view on OpenStreetMap
Nearby villages
Karahbari · Pothia · Ramnagar · Sohagmara · Bairgachhi · Pipra · Belbari · Darhua