# 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 **249 people in 51 households**, the 255th largest of 489 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 72.2%.

- 249people (2011)
- 51households
- 84.3%literacy
- 1,041females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Benedi

Of every 100 households in Benedi in 2011, 69 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 4 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Benedi · ■ Jhargram rural average

Electricity for lighting ****69%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****90%**

**86%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

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

**30%

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

**2%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****8%**

**34%

Television ****4%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****4%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****4%**

**17%

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 Benedi?

■ Benedi · ■ Jhargram rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.3%**

**72.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1041**

**979

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1200**

**979

Working population ****32.9%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.6% for men and 77.1% for women. 49% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 4 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (2%) · **■** Household industry 3 (4%) · **■** Other work 14 (17%) · **■** Marginal 59 (72%)

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

- Kajla256 people
- Shalbani256 people
- Pechapara253 people
- Ashanbani250 people
- Domkala248 people
- Gopinathpur247 people
- Chamtidanga246 people
- Jamsola242 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Benedi?249 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Benedi in?Paschim Medinipur district (Jhargram sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Benedi?84.3% (Census 2011)