Benkmura
Lakhanpur block · Jharsuguda
district, Odisha · PIN 768234
· village code 381033
Population 2011
322
Census of India
Population 2020
340
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+5.6%
18 people · 0.6% a year
Households
80
+11.1% vs 72 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
322
Male / female
175 / 147
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
840
Children aged 0–6
36
Literacy rate
71.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
110 / 71
Working population
202
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
53.0%
Households
72
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 2 km away
No
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
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
17
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
9
Electricity
No
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
60
Non-farm households
12
Share of households farming, 2020
83%
Net sown area
15 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
15 / 15 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Pandari panchayat, Lakhanpur 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
₹36.58 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹16.32 lakh
Received directly
₹1.13 lakh
Spent
₹13.46 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹40.57 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹17.51 lakh · received ₹6.53 lakh · spent ₹4.46 lakh · left ₹20.71 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹19.07 lakh · received ₹9.79 lakh · spent ₹9.00 lakh · left ₹19.86 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
21.6757, 83.7800 —
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