Benai
Daspur-Ii block · Medinipur West
district, West Bengal · PIN 721212
· village code 338002
Population 2011
5,731
Census of India
Population 2020
6,781
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+18.3%
1,050 people · 1.9% a year
Households
1,583
+30.5% vs 1,213 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
5,731
Male / female
2,926 / 2,805
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
959
Children aged 0–6
702
Literacy rate
71.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,237 / 0
Working population
1,941
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
31.4%
Households
1,213
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
Separately located
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
472
Teachers
11
Students per teacher
43
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
1,470
Non-farm households
110
Share of households farming, 2020
93%
Net sown area
2 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
2 / 2 / 0
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Benai panchayat, Daspur-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
₹47.29 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹56.39 lakh
Received directly
₹1.15 lakh
Spent
₹83.06 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹21.77 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹14.96 lakh · received ₹23.17 lakh · spent ₹31.94 lakh · left ₹7.34 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹32.33 lakh · received ₹33.22 lakh · spent ₹51.12 lakh · left ₹14.43 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.5467, 87.8163 —
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