Benjtabani
Simlapal block · Bankura
district, West Bengal · PIN 722160
· village code 328797
Population 2011
559
Census of India
Population 2020
615
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+10.0%
56 people · 1.1% a year
Households
134
+12.6% vs 119 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
559
Male / female
280 / 279
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
996
Children aged 0–6
58
Literacy rate
58.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
216 / 140
Working population
254
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
89.4%
Households
119
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 nearest 5 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 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
110
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
55
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
124
Non-farm households
10
Share of households farming, 2020
93%
Net sown area
81 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
81 / 7 / 0
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Lakshmisagar panchayat, Simlapal 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
₹60.55 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹84.11 lakh
Received directly
₹1.01 lakh
Spent
₹99.42 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹46.26 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹18.40 lakh · received ₹34.57 lakh · spent ₹34.49 lakh · left ₹19.33 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹42.15 lakh · received ₹49.55 lakh · spent ₹64.93 lakh · left ₹26.93 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.9369, 87.0053 —
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