Benegachhi
Pursurah block · Hooghly
district, West Bengal · PIN 712415
· village code 324431
Population 2011
1,284
Census of India
Population 2020
1,384
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+7.8%
100 people · 0.8% a year
Households
302
+4.5% vs 289 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,284
Male / female
669 / 615
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
919
Children aged 0–6
139
Literacy rate
72.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
271 / 8
Working population
432
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
76.8%
Households
289
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 2 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 2 km away
No
Public transport
Van
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
PHC
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
120
Teachers
7
Students per teacher
17
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
250
Non-farm households
52
Share of households farming, 2020
83%
Net sown area
50 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
50 / 30 / 10
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Chiladangi panchayat, Pursurah 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
₹60.80 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹76.01 lakh
Received directly
₹1.07 lakh
Spent
₹92.77 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹45.12 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹15.65 lakh · received ₹31.24 lakh · spent ₹22.83 lakh · left ₹25.13 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹45.15 lakh · received ₹44.78 lakh · spent ₹69.94 lakh · left ₹19.98 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.8108, 87.9605 —
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