Benia Gram is a
census town and
gram panchayat in the
Farakka CD block in the
Jangipur subdivision of the
Murshidabad district in the state of
West Bengal
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,
India
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.
Geography
Location
Benia Gram is located at .
Area overview
Jangipur subdivision is crowded with 52
census towns and as such it had to be presented in two location maps. One of the maps can be seen alongside. The subdivision is located in the
Rarh region that is spread over from adjoining
Santhal Pargana division of
Jharkhand
Jharkhand (; ) is a States and union territories of India, state in East India, eastern India. The state shares its border with the states of West Bengal to the east, Chhattisgarh to the west, Uttar Pradesh to the northwest, Bihar to the north ...
. The land is slightly higher in altitude than the surrounding plains and is gently undulating. The river
Ganges, along with its distributaries, is prominent in both the maps. At the head of the subdivision is the 2,245 m long
Farakka Barrage, one of the largest projects of its kind in the country. Murshidabad district shares with Bangladesh a porous international border which is notoriously crime prone (partly shown in this map). The subdivision has two large power plants - the 2,100 MW
Farakka Super Thermal Power Station and the 1,600 MW
Sagardighi Thermal Power Station. According to a 2016 report, there are around 1,000,000 (1 million/ ten lakh) workers engaged in the
beedi industry in Jangipur subdivision. 90% are home-based and 70% of the home-based workers are women. As of 2013, an estimated 2.4 million people reside along the banks of the
Ganges alone in Murshidabad district.
Severe erosion occurs along the banks.
Demographics
According to the
2011 Census of India, Benia Gram had a total population of 15,046, of which 7,721 (51%) were males and 7,325 (49%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 2,330. The total number of literate persons in Benia Gram was 7,770 (61.10% of the population over 6 years).
Infrastructure
According to the ''District Census Handbook, Murshidabad'', 2011, Benia Gram covered an area of 9.3766 km
2. It had 1.5 km roads with both open and closed drains. The protected water-supply involved overhead tank, hand pump, tube well/ borewell. It had 620 domestic electric connections. Among the medical facilities it had 1 hospital, 1 dispensary/ health centre, 1 family welfare centre, 1 maternity & child welfare centre, 1 maternity home, 1 veterinary hospital, 4 medicine shops. Among the educational facilities, it had 8 primary schools, 1 secondary school, 1 higher secondary school, 1 general degree college. Among the social, cultural and recreational facilities it had 1 cinema theatre. It had the branch offices of 1 nationalised bank, 1 agricultural credit society.
Healthcare
Benia Gram
primary health centre (functioning as block primary health centre) at Benia Gram functions with 15 beds.
References
{{Murshidabad District
Cities and towns in Murshidabad district