Bengre
Bhatkal block · Uttar Kannad
district, Karnataka · PIN 581421
· village code 603821
Population 2011
8,429
Census of India
Population 2020
8,849
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+5.0%
420 people · 0.5% a year
Households
2,539
+41.5% vs 1,795 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
8,429
Male / female
4,253 / 4,176
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
982
Children aged 0–6
771
Literacy rate
64.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,109 / 180
Working population
3,357
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
19.7%
Households
1,795
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
Separately located
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
574
Teachers
30
Students per teacher
19
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
2,132
Non-farm households
287
Share of households farming, 2020
88%
Net sown area
562 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
562 / 24 / 6
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Bengre panchayat, Bhatkal 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
₹50.59 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹31.42 lakh
Received directly
₹1.66 lakh
Spent
₹39.63 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹44.05 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹10.19 lakh · received ₹17.77 lakh · spent ₹13.38 lakh · left ₹15.68 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹40.40 lakh · received ₹13.65 lakh · spent ₹26.24 lakh · left ₹28.37 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
14.0360, 74.5130 —
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