Bensagar
Karakat block · Rohtas
district, Bihar · PIN 802220
· village code 251271
Population 2011
3,827
Census of India
Population 2020
4,830
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+26.2%
1,003 people · 2.6% a year
Households
700
+26.6% vs 553 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
3,827
Male / female
2,056 / 1,771
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
861
Children aged 0–6
552
Literacy rate
71.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
659 / 1
Working population
1,511
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
66.8%
Households
553
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Van
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre nearest 5 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
600
Teachers
20
Students per teacher
30
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
500
Non-farm households
200
Share of households farming, 2020
71%
Net sown area
2 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
2 / 2 / 2
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Bensagar panchayat, Karakat 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
₹10.59 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹15.24 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹21.75 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹4.09 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹2.65 lakh · received ₹6.07 lakh · spent ₹8.38 lakh · left ₹34,219
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹7.95 lakh · received ₹9.17 lakh · spent ₹13.37 lakh · left ₹3.74 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.1171, 84.2354 —
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