Benachapra
Garbeta-I block · Medinipur West
district, West Bengal · PIN 721127
· village code 337094
Population 2011
103
Census of India
Population 2020
122
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+18.4%
19 people · 1.9% a year
Households
31
+29.2% vs 24 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
103
Male / female
49 / 54
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,102
Children aged 0–6
24
Literacy rate
61.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 0
Working population
31
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
54.8%
Households
24
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 1 km away
No
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road nearest 2 km away
No
Public transport nearest 2 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
No
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
25
Non-farm households
5
Share of households farming, 2020
83%
Net sown area
2 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
1 / 2 / 1
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Sandhipur panchayat, Garbeta-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
₹41.46 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹57.05 lakh
Received directly
₹51,707
Spent
₹85.53 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹13.49 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹11.41 lakh · received ₹23.45 lakh · spent ₹28.60 lakh · left ₹6.77 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹30.05 lakh · received ₹33.61 lakh · spent ₹56.93 lakh · left ₹6.73 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.7207, 87.5118 —
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