Bennikal
Kanekal block · Anantapur
district, Andhra Pradesh · PIN 515871
· village code 594676
Population 2011
2,075
Census of India
Population 2020
2,304
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+11.0%
229 people · 1.2% a year
Households
578
+16.8% vs 495 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,075
Male / female
1,067 / 1,008
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
945
Children aged 0–6
267
Literacy rate
46.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
195 / 4
Working population
1,221
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
86.0%
Households
495
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
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 10 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
182
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
36
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
24
Non-farm households
6
Share of households farming, 2020
80%
Net sown area
1,501 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
1,501 / 1,450 / 88
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Bennikal panchayat, Kanekal 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
₹7.32 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹9.74 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹11.24 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹5.82 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹3.72 lakh · received ₹3.90 lakh · spent ₹4.52 lakh · left ₹3.10 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹3.60 lakh · received ₹5.84 lakh · spent ₹6.72 lakh · left ₹2.72 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
14.8108, 77.0836 —
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