Benechapra
Jaypur block · Bankura
district, West Bengal · PIN 722138
· village code 328062
Population 2011
789
Census of India
Population 2020
938
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+18.9%
149 people · 1.9% a year
Households
210
+30.4% vs 161 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
789
Male / female
400 / 389
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
973
Children aged 0–6
111
Literacy rate
55.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
748 / 2
Working population
420
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
56.7%
Households
161
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Van
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
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
60
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
20
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
198
Non-farm households
12
Share of households farming, 2020
94%
Net sown area
76 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
76 / 50 / 10
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Kuchiakole panchayat, Jaypur 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
₹16.34 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹35.87 lakh
Received directly
₹16,205
Spent
₹34.16 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹18.21 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹3.89 lakh · received ₹14.78 lakh · spent ₹10.72 lakh · left ₹8.10 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹12.44 lakh · received ₹21.09 lakh · spent ₹23.44 lakh · left ₹10.11 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.0270, 87.4548 —
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