Bengra
Sainthia block · Birbhum
district, West Bengal · PIN 731234
· village code 317250
Population 2011
1,158
Census of India
Population 2020
1,649
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+42.4%
491 people · 4.0% a year
Households
285
+9.2% vs 261 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,158
Male / female
607 / 551
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
908
Children aged 0–6
132
Literacy rate
53.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
740 / 110
Working population
572
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
73.4%
Households
261
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 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
>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
96
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
24
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
12
Non-farm households
257
Share of households farming, 2020
4%
Net sown area
119 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
119 / 19 / 3
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Mathpalsa panchayat, Sainthia 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
₹57.35 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹66.07 lakh
Received directly
₹1.57 lakh
Spent
₹78.74 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹46.25 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹25.63 lakh · received ₹27.15 lakh · spent ₹23.76 lakh · left ₹30.59 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹31.72 lakh · received ₹38.92 lakh · spent ₹54.98 lakh · left ₹15.66 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.9257, 87.6385 —
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