# Benda Village, Baharagora, Purbi Singhbhum (Jharkhand)

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Village · Baharagora, Purbi Singhbhum 

# Benda

Benda is a village in Baharagora sub-district of Purbi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand, PIN code **832101**. The 2011 Census counted **784 people in 185 households**, the 50th largest of 359 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 64.5%.

- 784people (2011)
- 185households
- 76.2%literacy
- 832101PIN code

## Benda PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Benda is 832101.** Benda falls in Baharagora sub-district, Purbi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand.

- PIN code832101
- Gram panchayatBahragora
- Community development blockBaharagora
- Census village code364937

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Benda from nearby towns?

- Bahragora (sub-district HQ)5 km by road
- Chakulia (nearest town)34 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Benda?

9 services counted by the Census are inside Benda; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary schoolunder 5 km · Mauda
- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Bahragora
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Barhagora
- ○ITI / vocational school5–10 km · Bahragora
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)7 h summer · 10 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Benda known for?

The main crops are **rice**. About 37% of the 35 hectares of village land is sown.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Benda

Of every 100 households in Benda in 2011, 87 had electricity, 36 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Benda · ■ Baharagora rural average

Electricity for lighting ****87%**

**78%

Toilet within the home ****36%**

**15%

No toilet (open defecation) ****64%**

**84%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****22%**

**21%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**92%

Use banking services ****51%**

**57%

Television ****31%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****48%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**10%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****17%**

**20%

Own their home ****98%**

**98%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Benda?

■ Benda · ■ Baharagora rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.2%**

**64.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****955**

**960

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1029**

**944

Working population ****44.1%**

**44.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.3% for men and 66.7% for women. 57% of men and 30% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 91 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 43 (12%) · **■** Other work 47 (14%) · **■** Marginal 165 (48%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Baharagora

- Shamsanda800 people
- Bagrachura797 people
- Kotshol797 people
- Gopalpur787 people
- Charakmara782 people
- Panchruliya781 people
- Dhanghari779 people
- Bhandarshol773 people

[All 451 villages in Baharagora](https://wherepedia.org/india/jharkhand/purbi-singhbhum/baharagora/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Benda?832101
- What is the population of Benda?784 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Benda in?Purbi Singhbhum district (Baharagora sub-district), Jharkhand
- What is the literacy rate of Benda?76.2% (Census 2011)