Benikandar
Islampur block · Dinajpur Uttar
district, West Bengal · PIN 733202
· village code 309037
Population 2011
2,901
Census of India
Population 2020
3,841
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+32.4%
940 people · 3.2% a year
Households
620
+9.0% vs 569 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,901
Male / female
1,492 / 1,409
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
944
Children aged 0–6
560
Literacy rate
38.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,096 / 229
Working population
1,098
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
50.5%
Households
569
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 5 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre nearest 1 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
329
Teachers
12
Students per teacher
27
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
0
Non-farm households
473
Net sown area
245 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
175 / 200 / 245
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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