Benkakocha
Ranibundh block · Bankura
district, West Bengal · PIN 722135
· village code 329291
Population 2011
585
Census of India
Population 2020
832
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+42.2%
247 people · 4.0% a year
Households
132
+3.9% vs 127 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
585
Male / female
302 / 283
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
937
Children aged 0–6
70
Literacy rate
62.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
144 / 358
Working population
188
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
77.1%
Households
127
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 5 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
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
63
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
32
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
0
Non-farm households
95
Net sown area
9 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
9 / 7 / 2
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Rudra panchayat, Ranibandh 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
₹42.19 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹54.35 lakh
Received directly
₹66,750
Spent
₹70.89 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹26.32 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹14.55 lakh · received ₹22.33 lakh · spent ₹25.61 lakh · left ₹11.62 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹27.65 lakh · received ₹32.01 lakh · spent ₹45.28 lakh · left ₹14.70 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.9730, 86.8523 —
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