Benakanali
Mejhia block · Bankura
district, West Bengal · PIN 722143
· village code 326113
Population 2011
218
Census of India
Population 2020
254
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+16.5%
36 people · 1.7% a year
Households
52
+18.2% vs 44 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
218
Male / female
107 / 111
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,037
Children aged 0–6
20
Literacy rate
70.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 205
Working population
84
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
1.2%
Households
44
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
No
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 1 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
37
Non-farm households
14
Share of households farming, 2020
73%
Net sown area
29 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
29 / 1 / 3
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Ardhagram panchayat, Mejhia 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
₹19.21 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹90.01 lakh
Received directly
₹45,804
Spent
₹73.35 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹36.33 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹11.78 lakh · received ₹28.46 lakh · spent ₹25.30 lakh · left ₹15.40 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹7.43 lakh · received ₹61.55 lakh · spent ₹48.06 lakh · left ₹20.92 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.5856, 87.0758 —
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