Benachapra
Salbani block · Medinipur West
district, West Bengal · PIN 721147
· village code 339102
Population 2011
1,203
Census of India
Population 2020
1,645
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+36.7%
442 people · 3.5% a year
Households
286
+10.8% vs 258 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,203
Male / female
599 / 604
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,008
Children aged 0–6
130
Literacy rate
76.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
406 / 1
Working population
551
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
75.7%
Households
258
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
No
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Van
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
Separately located
Farming
Farm households
180
Non-farm households
85
Share of households farming, 2020
68%
Net sown area
34 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
34 / 18 / 8
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Bankibandh panchayat, Salbani 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
₹47.31 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹84.31 lakh
Received directly
₹65,407
Spent
₹1.08 crore
Unspent at year end
₹23.85 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹18.42 lakh · received ₹34.65 lakh · spent ₹45.49 lakh · left ₹8.24 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹28.89 lakh · received ₹49.66 lakh · spent ₹62.94 lakh · left ₹15.62 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.5946, 87.2948 —
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