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Ben Population - Nalanda, Bihar

Ben is a large village located in Ben Block of Nalanda district, Bihar with total 1144 families residing. The Ben village has population of 6525 of which 3352 are males while 3173 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Ben village population of children with age 0-6 is 1133 which makes up 17.36 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Ben village is 947 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Ben as per census is 907, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Ben village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Ben village was 66.69 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Ben Male literacy stands at 75.53 % while female literacy rate was 57.44 %.

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

Ben Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 1,144 - -
Population 6,525 3,352 3,173
Child (0-6) 1,133 594 539
Schedule Caste 1,267 642 625
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 66.69 % 75.53 % 57.44 %
Total Workers 2,740 1,678 1,062
Main Worker 2,262 - -
Marginal Worker 478 248 230

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 19.42 % of total population in Ben village. The village Ben currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Ben village out of total population, 2740 were engaged in work activities. 82.55 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 17.45 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 2740 workers engaged in Main Work, 748 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1101 were Agricultural labourer.