# Benedi Village, Jhargram, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Jhargram, Paschim Medinipur 

# Benedi

Benedi is a village in Jhargram sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **733 people in 181 households**, the 40th largest of 489 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 72.2%.

- 733people (2011)
- 181households
- 67.6%literacy
- 970females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Benedi

Of every 100 households in Benedi in 2011, 18 had electricity, 20 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 15 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Benedi · ■ Jhargram rural average

Electricity for lighting ****18%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****20%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****80%**

**86%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****23%**

**30%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**97%

Use banking services ****17%**

**34%

Television ****3%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****15%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****30%**

**17%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Benedi?

■ Benedi · ■ Jhargram rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.6%**

**72.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****970**

**979

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1078**

**979

Working population ****52.7%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.0% for men and 58.8% for women. 58% of men and 47% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 56 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 150 (39%) · **■** Other work 27 (7%) · **■** Marginal 153 (40%)

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 Jhargram

- Garro747 people
- Pathari741 people
- Amrulia734 people
- Darkuli734 people
- Shuknakhali728 people
- Thakur Khan Kunduria725 people
- Tarapur723 people
- Pathra718 people

[All 604 villages in Jhargram](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/jhargram/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Benedi?733 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Benedi in?Paschim Medinipur district (Jhargram sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Benedi?67.6% (Census 2011)