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Benachakri Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Benachakri is a medium size village located in Egra - I Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 337 families residing. The Benachakri village has population of 1665 of which 880 are males while 785 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Benachakri village population of children with age 0-6 is 150 which makes up 9.01 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Benachakri village is 892 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Benachakri as per census is 974, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Benachakri village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Benachakri village was 79.67 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Benachakri Male literacy stands at 87.44 % while female literacy rate was 70.89 %.

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

Benachakri Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 337 - -
Population 1,665 880 785
Child (0-6) 150 76 74
Schedule Caste 32 16 16
Schedule Tribe 204 102 102
Literacy 79.67 % 87.44 % 70.89 %
Total Workers 1,056 596 460
Main Worker 642 - -
Marginal Worker 414 113 301

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 12.25 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 1.92 % of total population in Benachakri village.

Work Profile

In Benachakri village out of total population, 1056 were engaged in work activities. 60.80 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 39.20 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1056 workers engaged in Main Work, 225 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 316 were Agricultural labourer.