Benipur
Kandi block · Murshidabad
district, West Bengal · PIN 742140
· village code 315253
Population 2011
3,004
Census of India
Population 2020
4,116
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+37.0%
1,112 people · 3.6% a year
Households
806
+12.4% vs 717 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
3,004
Male / female
1,567 / 1,437
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
917
Children aged 0–6
313
Literacy rate
59.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
172 / 32
Working population
940
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
90.5%
Households
717
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 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
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
Separately located
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
172
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
29
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
706
Non-farm households
100
Share of households farming, 2020
88%
Net sown area
54 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
54 / 54 / 54
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Hizole panchayat, Kandi 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
₹1.58 crore
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹90.18 lakh
Received directly
₹9.94 lakh
Spent
₹2.09 crore
Unspent at year end
₹48.39 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹63.96 lakh · received ₹37.06 lakh · spent ₹97.61 lakh · left ₹13.36 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹93.65 lakh · received ₹53.12 lakh · spent ₹1.12 crore · left ₹35.03 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.9820, 88.1108 —
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