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Benichak Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Benichak is a medium size village located in Deshopran Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 89 families residing. The Benichak village has population of 432 of which 229 are males while 203 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Benichak village population of children with age 0-6 is 52 which makes up 12.04 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Benichak village is 886 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Benichak as per census is 793, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Benichak village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Benichak village was 89.74 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Benichak Male literacy stands at 97.00 % while female literacy rate was 81.67 %.

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

Benichak Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 89 - -
Population 432 229 203
Child (0-6) 52 29 23
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 89.74 % 97.00 % 81.67 %
Total Workers 146 128 18
Main Worker 137 - -
Marginal Worker 9 3 6

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Benichak village of Purba Medinipur district.

Work Profile

In Benichak village out of total population, 146 were engaged in work activities. 93.84 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 6.16 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 146 workers engaged in Main Work, 6 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 68 were Agricultural labourer.