Benga
Katwa-Ii block · Purba Bardhaman
district, West Bengal · PIN 713502
· village code 319380
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 975 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 400 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
975
Male / female
502 / 473
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
942
Children aged 0–6
103
Literacy rate
71.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
446 / 15
Working population
384
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
65.1%
Households
235
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 5 km away
No
Public transport nearest 2 km away
No
Electricity
8-12 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
110
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
22
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
2
Non-farm households
2
Share of households farming, 2020
50%
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Jagadanandspur panchayat, Katwa-Ii 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
₹45.30 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹68.40 lakh
Received directly
₹72,755
Spent
₹76.91 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹37.52 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹12.37 lakh · received ₹28.11 lakh · spent ₹31.17 lakh · left ₹10.04 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹32.93 lakh · received ₹40.29 lakh · spent ₹45.74 lakh · left ₹27.48 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.5698, 88.1726 —
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