Benka Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Benka is a medium size village located in Manbazar - I Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 131 families residing. The Benka village has population of 698 of which 356 are males while 342 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Benka village population of children with age 0-6 is 106 which makes up 15.19 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Benka village is 961 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Benka as per census is 797, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Benka village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Benka village was 61.32 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Benka Male literacy stands at 72.05 % while female literacy rate was 50.51 %.

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

Benka Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	131	-	-
Population	698	356	342
Child (0-6)	106	59	47
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	507	259	248
Literacy	61.32 %	72.05 %	50.51 %
Total Workers	409	203	206
Main Worker	177	-	-
Marginal Worker	232	77	155

Caste Factor

In Benka village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 72.64 % of total population in Benka village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Benka village of Puruliya.

Work Profile

In Benka village out of total population, 409 were engaged in work activities. 43.28 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 56.72 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 409 workers engaged in Main Work, 34 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 139 were Agricultural labourer.