Benkili
Sompeta block · Srikakulam
district, Andhra Pradesh · PIN 532284
· village code 580499
Population 2011
1,544
Census of India
Population 2020
1,776
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+15.0%
232 people · 1.6% a year
Households
467
+22.6% vs 381 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,544
Male / female
758 / 786
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,037
Children aged 0–6
125
Literacy rate
60.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
107 / 0
Working population
732
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
86.5%
Households
381
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
No
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 1 km away
No
Primary health centre
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
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
62
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
21
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
355
Non-farm households
112
Share of households farming, 2020
76%
Net sown area
384 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
384 / 192 / 50
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Benkili panchayat, Sompeta 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
₹10.27 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹6.30 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹5.81 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹10.76 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹6.21 lakh · received ₹2.52 lakh · spent ₹1.65 lakh · left ₹7.08 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹4.07 lakh · received ₹3.78 lakh · spent ₹4.16 lakh · left ₹3.68 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
18.9369, 84.5967 —
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