Benagaria Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Benagaria is a medium size village located in Santuri Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 68 families residing. The Benagaria village has population of 332 of which 174 are males while 158 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Benagaria village population of children with age 0-6 is 40 which makes up 12.05 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Benagaria village is 908 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Benagaria as per census is 818, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Benagaria village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Benagaria village was 55.14 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Benagaria Male literacy stands at 71.71 % while female literacy rate was 37.14 %.

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

Benagaria Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	68	-	-
Population	332	174	158
Child (0-6)	40	22	18
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	332	174	158
Literacy	55.14 %	71.71 %	37.14 %
Total Workers	112	100	12
Main Worker	12	-	-
Marginal Worker	100	90	10

Caste Factor

In Benagaria village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 100.00 % of total population in Benagaria village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Benagaria village of Puruliya.

Work Profile

In Benagaria village out of total population, 112 were engaged in work activities. 10.71 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 89.29 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 112 workers engaged in Main Work, 2 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.