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Benipur Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Benipur is a medium size village located in Contai - I Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 71 families residing. The Benipur village has population of 277 of which 146 are males while 131 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Benipur village population of children with age 0-6 is 21 which makes up 7.58 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Benipur village is 897 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Benipur as per census is 1100, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Benipur village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Benipur village was 99.61 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Benipur Male literacy stands at 99.26 % while female literacy rate was 100.00 %.

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

Benipur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 71 - -
Population 277 146 131
Child (0-6) 21 10 11
Schedule Caste 37 17 20
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 99.61 % 99.26 % 100.00 %
Total Workers 167 95 72
Main Worker 60 - -
Marginal Worker 107 41 66

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 13.36 % of total population in Benipur village. The village Benipur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Benipur village out of total population, 167 were engaged in work activities. 35.93 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 64.07 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 167 workers engaged in Main Work, 8 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 31 were Agricultural labourer.