Benya

Debra block · Medinipur West district, West Bengal · PIN 721126 · village code 342301

Change since 2011 is not available for this village. The 2020 Mission Antyodaya survey recorded a population of 1,284 — exactly the Census 2011 figure. That happens in about 15% of villages nationally, where the surveyor appears to have carried the old number forward rather than counting afresh. Showing “0% growth” here would be reporting a number nobody measured, so we don't. How we detect this.

Population (Census 2011)

1,284

Households 2020

292

surveyed separately, so usable

Census 2011

Total population

1,284

Male / female

625 / 659

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

1,054

Children aged 0–6

134

Literacy rate

64.8%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

171 / 392

Working population

823

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

95.5%

Households

303

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school

Yes

Piped tap water

100% habitations covered

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Van

Electricity

4-8 Hrs

Bank

Yes

Primary health centre

Sub Centre

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

Yes

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

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

None

Computer lab

Yes

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

180

Non-farm households

107

Share of households farming, 2020

63%

Net sown area

90 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

90 / 60 / 19

Main irrigation source

Surface water

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Debra-Ii panchayat, Debra 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

₹21.00 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹69.03 lakh

Received directly

₹72,515

Spent

₹69.93 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹20.83 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹9.57 lakh · received ₹21.83 lakh · spent ₹29.27 lakh · left ₹2.55 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹11.43 lakh · received ₹47.21 lakh · spent ₹40.66 lakh · left ₹18.28 lakh

Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied together make up the totals above.

Location

22.4144, 87.5514 — view on OpenStreetMap

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How this village compares

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