Benathali
Dhaniakhali block · Hooghly
district, West Bengal · PIN 712303
· village code 324659
Population 2011
1,352
Census of India
Population 2020
1,502
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+11.1%
150 people · 1.2% a year
Households
366
+9.9% vs 333 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,352
Male / female
702 / 650
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
926
Children aged 0–6
117
Literacy rate
66.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
559 / 335
Working population
652
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
77.9%
Households
333
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Van
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 1 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
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
72
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
24
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Gurap panchayat, Dhaniakhali 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
₹78.59 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹95.76 lakh
Received directly
₹1.29 lakh
Spent
₹1.11 crore
Unspent at year end
₹64.35 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹31.24 lakh · received ₹39.40 lakh · spent ₹40.55 lakh · left ₹31.38 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹47.34 lakh · received ₹56.37 lakh · spent ₹70.74 lakh · left ₹32.97 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.0270, 88.1009 —
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