Benikre
Kagal block · Kolhapur
district, Maharashtra · PIN 416235
· village code 567718
Population 2011
2,099
Census of India
Population 2020
2,019
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-3.8%
-80 people · -0.4% a year
Households
455
+2.7% vs 443 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,099
Male / female
1,073 / 1,026
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
956
Children aged 0–6
237
Literacy rate
65.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
128 / 0
Working population
1,178
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
85.8%
Households
443
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
No
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan
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
134
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
27
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
355
Non-farm households
100
Share of households farming, 2020
78%
Net sown area
567 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
283 / 567 / 202
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Benikre panchayat, Kagal 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
₹19.07 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹6.05 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹17.73 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹7.39 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹8.82 lakh · received ₹2.20 lakh · spent ₹7.32 lakh · left ₹3.70 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹10.26 lakh · received ₹3.85 lakh · spent ₹10.42 lakh · left ₹3.69 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
16.3964, 74.3010 —
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