Benakata
Raipur-I block · Bankura
district, West Bengal · PIN 722134
· village code 329521
Population 2011
366
Census of India
Population 2020
410
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+12.0%
44 people · 1.3% a year
Households
87
+22.5% vs 71 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
366
Male / female
201 / 165
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
821
Children aged 0–6
38
Literacy rate
71.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
105 / 0
Working population
134
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
76.9%
Households
71
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 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
55
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
18
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
75
Non-farm households
8
Share of households farming, 2020
90%
Net sown area
65 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
65 / 15 / 8
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Mandalkuli panchayat, Raipur-I 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
₹38.58 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹67.72 lakh
Received directly
₹67,506
Spent
₹70.17 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹36.81 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹18.12 lakh · received ₹27.83 lakh · spent ₹27.02 lakh · left ₹19.61 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹20.46 lakh · received ₹39.89 lakh · spent ₹43.15 lakh · left ₹17.20 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.6847, 86.9419 —
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