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Benta Population - Nayagarh, Orissa

Benta is a medium size village located in Ranapur Block of Nayagarh district, Orissa with total 242 families residing. The Benta village has population of 1216 of which 647 are males while 569 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Benta village population of children with age 0-6 is 129 which makes up 10.61 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Benta village is 879 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Benta as per census is 1048, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Benta village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Benta village was 74.89 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Benta Male literacy stands at 82.88 % while female literacy rate was 65.61 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Benta 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 Benta village.

Benta Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 242 - -
Population 1,216 647 569
Child (0-6) 129 63 66
Schedule Caste 49 28 21
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 74.89 % 82.88 % 65.61 %
Total Workers 365 352 13
Main Worker 175 - -
Marginal Worker 190 182 8

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 4.03 % of total population in Benta village. The village Benta currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Benta village out of total population, 365 were engaged in work activities. 47.95 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 52.05 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 365 workers engaged in Main Work, 45 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 24 were Agricultural labourer.