Benapur
Bagnan-Ii block · Howrah
district, West Bengal · PIN 711312
· village code 333100
Population 2011
6,655
Census of India
Population 2020
7,488
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+12.5%
833 people · 1.3% a year
Households
1,813
+25.9% vs 1,440 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
6,655
Male / female
3,399 / 3,256
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
958
Children aged 0–6
707
Literacy rate
75.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
123 / 9
Working population
2,309
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
36.0%
Households
1,440
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
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
300
Teachers
15
Students per teacher
20
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
790
Non-farm households
1,023
Share of households farming, 2020
44%
Net sown area
140 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
54 / 140 / 76
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Mualyan Benapur panchayat, Bagnan-Ii 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
₹45.72 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹76.77 lakh
Received directly
₹70,943
Spent
₹81.17 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹42.03 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹16.54 lakh · received ₹31.55 lakh · spent ₹31.96 lakh · left ₹16.83 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹29.19 lakh · received ₹45.22 lakh · spent ₹49.21 lakh · left ₹25.20 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.4324, 87.9721 —
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staffing across Howrah ·
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