Beknal
Gadhinglaj block · Kolhapur
district, Maharashtra · PIN 416502
· village code 567967
Population 2011
1,709
Census of India
Population 2020
1,837
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+7.5%
128 people · 0.8% a year
Households
421
+9.9% vs 383 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,709
Male / female
886 / 823
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
929
Children aged 0–6
138
Literacy rate
70.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
79 / 0
Working population
954
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
74.5%
Households
383
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 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
114
Teachers
7
Students per teacher
16
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
Yes
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
392
Non-farm households
29
Share of households farming, 2020
93%
Net sown area
121 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
100 / 120 / 121
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Bekanal panchayat, Gadhinglaj 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
₹44.61 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹4.92 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹24.96 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹24.57 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹21.81 lakh · received ₹1.79 lakh · spent ₹8.13 lakh · left ₹15.47 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹22.80 lakh · received ₹3.13 lakh · spent ₹16.83 lakh · left ₹9.09 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
16.2162, 74.3452 —
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