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Benga Population - Araria, Bihar

Benga is a medium size village located in Sikti Block of Araria district, Bihar with total 427 families residing. The Benga village has population of 1808 of which 924 are males while 884 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Benga village population of children with age 0-6 is 352 which makes up 19.47 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Benga village is 957 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Benga as per census is 923, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Benga village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Benga village was 58.79 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Benga Male literacy stands at 69.77 % while female literacy rate was 47.41 %.

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

Benga Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 427 - -
Population 1,808 924 884
Child (0-6) 352 183 169
Schedule Caste 17 10 7
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 58.79 % 69.77 % 47.41 %
Total Workers 616 457 159
Main Worker 233 - -
Marginal Worker 383 233 150

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 0.94 % of total population in Benga village. The village Benga currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Benga village out of total population, 616 were engaged in work activities. 37.82 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 62.18 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 616 workers engaged in Main Work, 85 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 134 were Agricultural labourer.