Benchimari Gaon
Borchala block · Sonitpur
district, Assam · PIN 784110
· village code 285820
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 721 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 2,500 — 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
721
Male / female
375 / 346
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
923
Children aged 0–6
145
Literacy rate
36.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 0
Working population
217
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
64.1%
Households
129
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 2 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
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
292
Teachers
7
Students per teacher
42
Electricity
No
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
No
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
250
Non-farm households
200
Share of households farming, 2020
56%
Net sown area
85 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
85 / 85 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Pirakata panchayat, Borchala 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
₹28.49 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹0
Received directly
₹68.47 lakh
Spent
₹53.64 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹43.32 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹14.21 lakh · received ₹0 · spent ₹20.49 lakh · left ₹16.51 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹14.28 lakh · received ₹0 · spent ₹33.16 lakh · left ₹26.80 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.7016, 92.4430 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Sonitpur district ·
School
staffing across Sonitpur ·
…and across Assam