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Benia Population - Dumka, Jharkhand

Benia is a medium size village located in Saraiyahat Block of Dumka district, Jharkhand with total 98 families residing. The Benia village has population of 493 of which 247 are males while 246 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Benia village population of children with age 0-6 is 80 which makes up 16.23 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Benia village is 996 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Benia as per census is 1222, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Benia village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Benia village was 38.01 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Benia Male literacy stands at 54.98 % while female literacy rate was 20.30 %.

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

Benia Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 98 - -
Population 493 247 246
Child (0-6) 80 36 44
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 493 247 246
Literacy 38.01 % 54.98 % 20.30 %
Total Workers 248 132 116
Main Worker 7 - -
Marginal Worker 241 128 113

Caste Factor

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

Work Profile

In Benia village out of total population, 248 were engaged in work activities. 2.82 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 97.18 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 248 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 6 were Agricultural labourer.