Benashuli
Midnapore block · Medinipur West
district, West Bengal · PIN 721102
· village code 339317
Population 2011
436
Census of India
Population 2020
451
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+3.4%
15 people · 0.4% a year
Households
96
+3.2% vs 93 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
436
Male / female
216 / 220
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,019
Children aged 0–6
78
Literacy rate
52.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
48 / 3
Working population
140
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
86.4%
Households
93
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 1 km away
No
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
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 1 km away
No
Anganwadi
No
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
70
Non-farm households
23
Share of households farming, 2020
75%
Net sown area
15 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
15 / 8 / 2
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Chandra panchayat, Midnapore 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
₹54.94 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹70.97 lakh
Received directly
₹5.41 lakh
Spent
₹1.01 crore
Unspent at year end
₹29.94 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹18.54 lakh · received ₹29.17 lakh · spent ₹40.28 lakh · left ₹12.85 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹36.40 lakh · received ₹41.81 lakh · spent ₹61.12 lakh · left ₹17.09 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.4685, 87.1566 —
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population changes in Medinipur West district ·
School
staffing across Medinipur West ·
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