Chenga Benga
Kharagpur-Ii block · Medinipur West
district, West Bengal · PIN 721149
· village code 341848
Population 2011
217
Census of India
Population 2020
234
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+7.8%
17 people · 0.8% a year
Households
65
+18.2% vs 55 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
217
Male / female
116 / 101
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
871
Children aged 0–6
26
Literacy rate
78.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 29
Working population
87
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
94.3%
Households
55
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 2 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 1 km away
No
Public transport nearest 1 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
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
45
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
15
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
20
Non-farm households
14
Share of households farming, 2020
59%
Net sown area
18 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
18 / 12 / 2
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Chakmakampur panchayat, Kharagpur-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
₹37.78 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹74.43 lakh
Received directly
₹50,769
Spent
₹91.53 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹21.18 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹11.81 lakh · received ₹30.59 lakh · spent ₹36.46 lakh · left ₹6.14 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹25.97 lakh · received ₹43.84 lakh · spent ₹55.07 lakh · left ₹15.04 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.3575, 87.6136 —
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