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Benamuri Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Benamuri is a medium size village located in Contai - III Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 217 families residing. The Benamuri village has population of 1048 of which 535 are males while 513 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Benamuri village population of children with age 0-6 is 104 which makes up 9.92 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Benamuri village is 959 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Benamuri as per census is 1261, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Benamuri village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Benamuri village was 85.59 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Benamuri Male literacy stands at 91.00 % while female literacy rate was 79.78 %.

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

Benamuri Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 217 - -
Population 1,048 535 513
Child (0-6) 104 46 58
Schedule Caste 555 274 281
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 85.59 % 91.00 % 79.78 %
Total Workers 444 325 119
Main Worker 354 - -
Marginal Worker 90 20 70

Caste Factor

In Benamuri village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 52.96 % of total population in Benamuri village. The village Benamuri currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Benamuri village out of total population, 444 were engaged in work activities. 79.73 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 20.27 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 444 workers engaged in Main Work, 11 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 23 were Agricultural labourer.