Bengkandi
Falakata block · Alipurduar
district, West Bengal · PIN 735216
· village code 307365
Population 2011
2,667
Census of India
Population 2020
2,983
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+11.8%
316 people · 1.3% a year
Households
621
0.0% vs 621 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,667
Male / female
1,400 / 1,267
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
905
Children aged 0–6
313
Literacy rate
64.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
2,033 / 493
Working population
976
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
82.1%
Households
621
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Van
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 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
85
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
14
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Jateswar-I panchayat, Falakata 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
₹55.62 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹79.32 lakh
Received directly
₹3.20 lakh
Spent
₹83.30 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹54.84 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹16.59 lakh · received ₹32.60 lakh · spent ₹29.84 lakh · left ₹22.55 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹39.03 lakh · received ₹46.72 lakh · spent ₹53.46 lakh · left ₹32.29 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.6126, 89.1373 —
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