Benagerya
Narayangarh block · Medinipur West
district, West Bengal · PIN 721437
· village code 343037
Population 2011
439
Census of India
Population 2020
500
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+13.9%
61 people · 1.5% a year
Households
110
+12.2% vs 98 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
439
Male / female
229 / 210
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
917
Children aged 0–6
49
Literacy rate
76.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
2 / 43
Working population
150
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
90.0%
Households
98
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 1 km away
No
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Van
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
90
Non-farm households
16
Share of households farming, 2020
85%
Net sown area
26 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
26 / 5 / 3
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Narayangarh panchayat, Narayangarh 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
₹20.66 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹1.17 crore
Received directly
₹49,771
Spent
₹84.00 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹54.45 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹17.03 lakh · received ₹37.08 lakh · spent ₹33.18 lakh · left ₹21.42 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹3.64 lakh · received ₹80.21 lakh · spent ₹50.81 lakh · left ₹33.03 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.1441, 87.3824 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Medinipur West district ·
School
staffing across Medinipur West ·
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