# Benichak Village, Deshopran, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Deshopran, Purba Medinipur 

# Benichak

Benichak is a village in Deshopran sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **432 people in 89 households**, the 122nd largest of 166 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 89.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 88.6%.

- 432people (2011)
- 89households
- 89.7%literacy
- 886females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Benichak

Of every 100 households in Benichak in 2011, 59 had electricity, 97 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 70 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Benichak · ■ Deshopran rural average

Electricity for lighting ****59%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****97%**

**89%

No toilet (open defecation) ****3%**

**9%

Tap water ****1%**

**17%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**7%

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

**1%

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

**88%

Use banking services ****72%**

**35%

Television ****28%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****70%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**5%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****12%**

**30%

Own their home ****100%**

**94%

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 Benichak?

■ Benichak · ■ Deshopran rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****89.7%**

**88.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****886**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****793**

**949

Working population ****33.8%**

**37.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 97.0% for men and 81.7% for women. 56% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 6 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 68 (47%) · **■** Household industry 3 (2%) · **■** Other work 60 (41%) · **■** Marginal 9 (6%)

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 Deshopran

- Dakshinaria473 people
- Balabhadrapur466 people
- Kanai Chatta458 people
- Jhawamanu Rautbar446 people
- Kalaminaput415 people
- Abasberya414 people
- Purba Chechuraput411 people
- Manikpur394 people

[All 168 villages in Deshopran](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/deshopran/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Benichak?432 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Benichak in?Purba Medinipur district (Deshopran sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Benichak?89.7% (Census 2011)