Benan
Peepad Sahar block · Jodhpur
district, Rajasthan · PIN 342601
· village code 85736
Population 2011
2,490
Census of India
Population 2020
2,610
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+4.8%
120 people · 0.5% a year
Households
686
+55.6% vs 441 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,490
Male / female
1,272 / 1,218
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
958
Children aged 0–6
426
Literacy rate
45.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
658 / 0
Working population
1,107
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
65.1%
Households
441
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
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
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
45
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
23
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
614
Non-farm households
72
Share of households farming, 2020
90%
Net sown area
645 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
645 / 26 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Benan panchayat, Peepad Sahar 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
₹11.68 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹5.52 lakh
Received directly
₹6.50 lakh
Spent
₹21.07 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹2.64 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹8.68 lakh · received ₹2.22 lakh · spent ₹16.28 lakh · left ₹1.12 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹3.00 lakh · received ₹3.30 lakh · spent ₹4.79 lakh · left ₹1.52 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.3063, 73.4238 —
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