Bengabad
Bengabad block · Giridih
district, Jharkhand · PIN 815312
· village code 351553
Population 2011
3,178
Census of India
Population 2020
2,260
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-28.9%
-918 people · -3.7% a year
Households
600
+2.4% vs 586 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
3,178
Male / female
1,520 / 1,658
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,091
Children aged 0–6
459
Literacy rate
69.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
631 / 71
Working population
1,227
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
40.4%
Households
586
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 5 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
PHC
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan
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
350
Teachers
10
Students per teacher
35
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
380
Non-farm households
220
Share of households farming, 2020
63%
Net sown area
8 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
8 / 3 / 1
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Bengabad panchayat, Bengabad 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
₹30.40 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹13.04 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹12.33 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹31.10 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹9.35 lakh · received ₹5.22 lakh · spent ₹7.31 lakh · left ₹7.26 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹21.05 lakh · received ₹7.82 lakh · spent ₹5.03 lakh · left ₹23.84 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.3063, 86.3576 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Giridih district ·
School
staffing across Giridih ·
…and across Jharkhand