Benahar Population - Bankura, West Bengal

Benahar is a medium size village located in Indpur Block of Bankura district, West Bengal with total 109 families residing. The Benahar village has population of 531 of which 261 are males while 270 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Benahar village population of children with age 0-6 is 57 which makes up 10.73 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Benahar village is 1034 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Benahar as per census is 1036, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Benahar village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Benahar village was 73.42 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Benahar Male literacy stands at 79.83 % while female literacy rate was 67.22 %.

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

Benahar Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	109	-	-
Population	531	261	270
Child (0-6)	57	28	29
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	476	236	240
Literacy	73.42 %	79.83 %	67.22 %
Total Workers	293	155	138
Main Worker	27	-	-
Marginal Worker	266	130	136

Caste Factor

In Benahar village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 89.64 % of total population in Benahar village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Benahar village of Bankura.

Work Profile

In Benahar village out of total population, 293 were engaged in work activities. 9.22 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 90.78 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 293 workers engaged in Main Work, 10 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.