# Benachakri Village, Egra - I, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Egra - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Benachakri

Benachakri is a village in Egra - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,665 people in 337 households**, the 29th largest of 123 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 82.8%.

- 1,665people (2011)
- 337households
- 79.7%literacy
- 892females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Benachakri

Of every 100 households in Benachakri in 2011, 76 had electricity, 93 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 38 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Benachakri · ■ Egra - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****76%**

**46%

Toilet within the home ****93%**

**88%

No toilet (open defecation) ****6%**

**10%

Tap water ****0%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****53%**

**40%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**96%

Use banking services ****26%**

**37%

Television ****18%**

**15%

Mobile phone ****38%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

None of these assets ****14%**

**26%

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 Benachakri?

■ Benachakri · ■ Egra - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.7%**

**82.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****892**

**933

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****974**

**926

Working population ****63.4%**

**43.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.4% for men and 70.9% for women. 68% of men and 59% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 225 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 316 (30%) · **■** Household industry 51 (5%) · **■** Other work 50 (5%) · **■** Marginal 414 (39%)

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 Egra - I

- Charpalia1,954 people
- Khal Shutia1,914 people
- Khalina1,887 people
- Bahalia1,760 people
- Kudi1,664 people
- Kourda1,634 people
- Baghmari1,469 people
- Telami1,387 people

[All 133 villages in Egra - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/egra-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Benachakri?1,665 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Benachakri in?Purba Medinipur district (Egra - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Benachakri?79.7% (Census 2011)