Benipur
Contai-I block · Medinipur East
district, West Bengal · PIN 721450
· village code 346230
Population 2011
277
Census of India
Population 2020
333
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+20.2%
56 people · 2.1% a year
Households
100
+40.9% vs 71 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
277
Male / female
146 / 131
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
897
Children aged 0–6
21
Literacy rate
92.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
37 / 0
Working population
167
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
85.6%
Households
71
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
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
114
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
38
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
Yes
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
100
Non-farm households
0
Share of households farming, 2020
100%
Net sown area
2 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
2 / 2 / 2
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Majilapur panchayat, Contai-I 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
₹82.02 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹76.62 lakh
Received directly
₹1.22 lakh
Spent
₹1.18 crore
Unspent at year end
₹42.28 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹31.17 lakh · received ₹31.49 lakh · spent ₹47.36 lakh · left ₹16.52 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹50.84 lakh · received ₹45.13 lakh · spent ₹70.22 lakh · left ₹25.76 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
21.7658, 87.7515 —
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How this village compares
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population changes in Medinipur East district ·
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staffing across Medinipur East ·
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