Beni Kalan
Hussainabad block · Palamu
district, Jharkhand · PIN 822116
· village code 365042
Population 2011
1,953
Census of India
Population 2020
1,975
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+1.1%
22 people · 0.1% a year
Households
395
+29.5% vs 305 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,953
Male / female
1,036 / 917
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
885
Children aged 0–6
325
Literacy rate
55.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
509 / 0
Working population
715
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
88.0%
Households
305
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road nearest 5 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
4-8 Hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
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
158
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
40
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
No
Farming
Farm households
150
Non-farm households
100
Share of households farming, 2020
60%
Net sown area
5 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
2 / 2 / 5
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Beni Kalan panchayat, Hussainabad 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
₹10.12 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹10.43 lakh
Received directly
₹2.15 lakh
Spent
₹19.94 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹2.77 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹3.67 lakh · received ₹4.17 lakh · spent ₹7.72 lakh · left ₹13,013
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹6.45 lakh · received ₹6.26 lakh · spent ₹12.22 lakh · left ₹2.64 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.5225, 84.0103 —
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