Benakhamar Population - Kalahandi, Orissa

Benakhamar is a medium size village located in Thuamul Rampur Block of Kalahandi district, Orissa with total 93 families residing. The Benakhamar village has population of 330 of which 163 are males while 167 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Benakhamar village population of children with age 0-6 is 68 which makes up 20.61 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Benakhamar village is 1025 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Benakhamar as per census is 1000, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Benakhamar village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Benakhamar village was 47.33 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Benakhamar Male literacy stands at 63.57 % while female literacy rate was 31.58 %.

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

Benakhamar Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	93	-	-
Population	330	163	167
Child (0-6)	68	34	34
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	138	72	66
Literacy	47.33 %	63.57 %	31.58 %
Total Workers	190	95	95
Main Worker	4	-	-
Marginal Worker	186	93	93

Caste Factor

In Benakhamar village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 41.82 % of total population in Benakhamar village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Benakhamar village of Kalahandi.

Work Profile

In Benakhamar village out of total population, 190 were engaged in work activities. 2.11 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 97.89 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 190 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.