Benapata
Aska block · Ganjam
district, Odisha · PIN 761122
· village code 410760
Population 2011
2,210
Census of India
Population 2020
2,317
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+4.8%
107 people · 0.5% a year
Households
507
+11.4% vs 455 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,210
Male / female
1,119 / 1,091
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
975
Children aged 0–6
222
Literacy rate
72.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
268 / 38
Working population
947
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
54.7%
Households
455
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 2 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
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
72
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
18
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
122
Non-farm households
385
Share of households farming, 2020
24%
Net sown area
600 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
600 / 200 / 180
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Benapatta panchayat, Aska 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
₹37.39 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹16.32 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹17.59 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹36.12 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹7.25 lakh · received ₹6.53 lakh · spent ₹6.98 lakh · left ₹6.80 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹30.14 lakh · received ₹9.79 lakh · spent ₹10.61 lakh · left ₹29.32 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
19.6216, 84.6450 —
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