Benajara
Gondia block · Dhenkanal
district, Odisha · PIN 759016
· village code 402831
Population 2011
286
Census of India
Population 2020
289
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+1.1%
3 people · 0.1% a year
Households
72
0.0% vs 72 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
286
Male / female
146 / 140
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
959
Children aged 0–6
30
Literacy rate
60.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
57 / 75
Working population
153
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
96.1%
Households
72
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 10 km away
No
Piped tap water
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre
PHC
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
Separately located
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
20
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
10
Electricity
No
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
12
Non-farm households
9
Share of households farming, 2020
57%
Net sown area
2 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
2 / 2 / 2
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Khankira panchayat, Gondia 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
₹26.74 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹20.67 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹12.72 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹34.69 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹9.98 lakh · received ₹8.27 lakh · spent ₹5.41 lakh · left ₹12.84 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹16.76 lakh · received ₹12.40 lakh · spent ₹7.31 lakh · left ₹21.85 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
20.7568, 85.8034 —
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