Benagaria

Sikaripara block · Dumka district, Jharkhand · PIN 816103 · village code 371032

Population 2011

1,198

Census of India

Population 2020

1,300

Mission Antyodaya survey

Change

+8.5%

102 people · 0.9% a year

Households

270

+3.5% vs 261 in 2011

Census 2011

Total population

1,198

Male / female

579 / 619

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

1,069

Children aged 0–6

181

Literacy rate

68.3%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

104 / 526

Working population

379

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

47.2%

Households

261

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school

Yes

Piped tap water nearest 10 km away

All-weather road

Public transport

Bus

Electricity

4-8 Hrs

Bank

Yes

Primary health centre

PHC

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

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

320

Teachers

Students per teacher

160

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Playground

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

Non-farm households

210

Share of households farming, 2020

21%

Net sown area

47 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

47 / 10 / 0

Main irrigation source

Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Chitrgaria panchayat, Sikaripara 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

₹17.47 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹11.63 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹18.36 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹10.74 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹9.33 lakh · received ₹4.65 lakh · spent ₹8.80 lakh · left ₹5.18 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹8.15 lakh · received ₹6.98 lakh · spent ₹9.56 lakh · left ₹5.56 lakh

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

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