Benikandar Alias Satvita
Islampur block · Dinajpur Uttar
district, West Bengal · PIN 733205
· village code 309036
Population 2011
1,093
Census of India
Population 2020
1,431
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+30.9%
338 people · 3.0% a year
Households
322
+97.5% vs 163 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,093
Male / female
701 / 392
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
559
Children aged 0–6
135
Literacy rate
67.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
853 / 14
Working population
666
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
43.1%
Households
163
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 10 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 2 km away
No
Public transport
Van
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 10 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
148
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
25
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
25
Non-farm households
255
Share of households farming, 2020
9%
Net sown area
22 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
22 / 9 / 8
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Matikunda-Ii panchayat, Islampur 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
₹62.94 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹91.96 lakh
Received directly
₹1.20 lakh
Spent
₹1.08 crore
Unspent at year end
₹47.69 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹21.92 lakh · received ₹37.79 lakh · spent ₹38.09 lakh · left ₹22.82 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹41.03 lakh · received ₹54.17 lakh · spent ₹70.33 lakh · left ₹24.87 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.2703, 88.1896 —
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