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Beni Kalan Population - Palamu, Jharkhand

Beni Kalan is a medium size village located in Hussainabad Block of Palamu district, Jharkhand with total 305 families residing. The Beni Kalan village has population of 1953 of which 1036 are males while 917 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Beni Kalan village population of children with age 0-6 is 325 which makes up 16.64 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Beni Kalan village is 885 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Beni Kalan as per census is 958, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Beni Kalan village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Beni Kalan village was 66.28 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Beni Kalan Male literacy stands at 79.54 % while female literacy rate was 51.06 %.

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

Beni Kalan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 305 - -
Population 1,953 1,036 917
Child (0-6) 325 166 159
Schedule Caste 509 274 235
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 66.28 % 79.54 % 51.06 %
Total Workers 715 560 155
Main Worker 481 - -
Marginal Worker 234 134 100

Caste Factor

Beni Kalan village of Palamu has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 26.06 % of total population in Beni Kalan village. The village Beni Kalan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Beni Kalan village out of total population, 715 were engaged in work activities. 67.27 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 32.73 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 715 workers engaged in Main Work, 219 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 201 were Agricultural labourer.