Benagaria
Chhatna block · Bankura
district, West Bengal · PIN 722139
· village code 326482
Population 2011
623
Census of India
Population 2020
837
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+34.4%
214 people · 3.3% a year
Households
158
+13.7% vs 139 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
623
Male / female
317 / 306
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
965
Children aged 0–6
89
Literacy rate
58.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
76 / 93
Working population
246
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
41.5%
Households
139
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road nearest 2 km away
No
Public transport
Van
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 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
39
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
13
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
152
Non-farm households
6
Share of households farming, 2020
96%
Net sown area
37 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
37 / 25 / 7
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Ghosergram panchayat, Chhatna 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
₹66.15 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹76.91 lakh
Received directly
₹63,358
Spent
₹1.04 crore
Unspent at year end
₹39.48 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹31.44 lakh · received ₹31.61 lakh · spent ₹44.91 lakh · left ₹18.78 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹34.70 lakh · received ₹45.30 lakh · spent ₹59.30 lakh · left ₹20.71 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.3333, 86.9292 —
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