Bena.
Jamtara block · Jamtara
district, Jharkhand · PIN 815351
· village code 372666
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 4,435 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 597 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
4,435
Male / female
2,273 / 2,162
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
951
Children aged 0–6
583
Literacy rate
65.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
383 / 1,779
Working population
1,774
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
54.6%
Households
891
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 1 km away
No
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
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
103
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
26
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
0
Non-farm households
25
Net sown area
345 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
345 / 230 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Shaharpura panchayat, Jamtara 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
₹17.72 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹10.85 lakh
Received directly
₹45,887
Spent
₹15.02 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹14.01 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹8.78 lakh · received ₹4.34 lakh · spent ₹6.04 lakh · left ₹7.54 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹8.94 lakh · received ₹6.51 lakh · spent ₹8.98 lakh · left ₹6.47 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.9640, 86.7971 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Jamtara district ·
School
staffing across Jamtara ·
…and across Jharkhand