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Benyajhi Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Benyajhi is a medium size village located in Contai - III Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 358 families residing. The Benyajhi village has population of 1736 of which 883 are males while 853 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Benyajhi village population of children with age 0-6 is 209 which makes up 12.04 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Benyajhi village is 966 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Benyajhi as per census is 935, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Benyajhi village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Benyajhi village was 91.36 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Benyajhi Male literacy stands at 96.65 % while female literacy rate was 85.90 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Benyajhi village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Benyajhi village.

Benyajhi Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 358 - -
Population 1,736 883 853
Child (0-6) 209 108 101
Schedule Caste 100 52 48
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 91.36 % 96.65 % 85.90 %
Total Workers 714 525 189
Main Worker 183 - -
Marginal Worker 531 354 177

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 5.76 % of total population in Benyajhi village. The village Benyajhi currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Benyajhi village out of total population, 714 were engaged in work activities. 25.63 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 74.37 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 714 workers engaged in Main Work, 7 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 39 were Agricultural labourer.