Benger
Jayapatna block · Kalahandi
district, Odisha · PIN 766018
· village code 424194
Population 2011
688
Census of India
Population 2020
737
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+7.1%
49 people · 0.8% a year
Households
287
+53.5% vs 187 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
688
Male / female
331 / 357
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,079
Children aged 0–6
87
Literacy rate
36.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
25 / 373
Working population
411
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
93.7%
Households
187
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 10 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
80
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
27
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
162
Non-farm households
29
Share of households farming, 2020
85%
Net sown area
166 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
166 / 154 / 6
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Paikkandmundi panchayat, Jayapatna 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
₹26.32 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹20.67 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹22.63 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹24.36 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹9.50 lakh · received ₹8.27 lakh · spent ₹12.03 lakh · left ₹5.75 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹16.82 lakh · received ₹12.40 lakh · spent ₹10.60 lakh · left ₹18.62 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
19.4837, 82.8061 —
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