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Benauda Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Benauda is a medium size village located in Bhagawanpur - I Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 255 families residing. The Benauda village has population of 1097 of which 560 are males while 537 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Benauda village population of children with age 0-6 is 159 which makes up 14.49 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Benauda village is 959 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Benauda as per census is 939, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Benauda village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Benauda village was 76.97 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Benauda Male literacy stands at 83.26 % while female literacy rate was 70.43 %.

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

Benauda Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 255 - -
Population 1,097 560 537
Child (0-6) 159 82 77
Schedule Caste 236 121 115
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 76.97 % 83.26 % 70.43 %
Total Workers 473 306 167
Main Worker 52 - -
Marginal Worker 421 260 161

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 21.51 % of total population in Benauda village. The village Benauda currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Benauda village out of total population, 473 were engaged in work activities. 10.99 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 89.01 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 473 workers engaged in Main Work, 14 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 9 were Agricultural labourer.