Benka (142), Bhikhi Wind-13

Benka (142) is a village located in the Bhikhiwind Tehsil of Tarn Taran district of Punjab. The village falls in Bhikhi Wind-13 block and comes under Bainka Gram Panchayat. It belongs to Khadoor Sahib parliament constituency and Khem karan assembly constituency.

As on December 2024, the current population of Benka (142) is 3.1 thousands out of which 1.6 thousands are males and rest 1.5 thousands are females. The sex ratio of this village is 928 females per 1000 males. There are around 338 teenagers in Benka (142). It has literacy rate of 57% which means around 1.8 thousands persons can read and write. Total 825 people belonging to scheduled caste and 0 scheduled tribe people live in the village. There are around 556 households in Benka (142), which means every family has 6 members on average. The village has working population of 1.3 thousands. The pincode of Benka (142) is 143303 and there are many postoffices around the village which can used to send speed post, registered parcel etc.

• Bhikhiwind Sub Post office
• Pahuwind Branch Post office
• Singhpura Branch Post office
• Blair Branch Post office
• Sugga Branch Post office

Schools

Benka (142) has many good schools for education and follwing are popular schools among students.

• Govt. Senior Secondary School Bhikhiwind
• Sacred Heart School Mari Theh
• Guru Nanak Dev Dav Public School Bhikhiwind
• Shaheed Baba Deep Singh Public School Pahuwind
• Govt. Adarsh Sen Secondary School, Baler Khurd Tarntaran

Hospitals

Benka (142) has many good hospitals for treatment and follwing are popular among people.

• Singh Pura Sub-Center
• Kulla Sub-Center
• Tung Sub-Center
• Pahuwind Sub-Center
• Booh Sub-Center

Banks

Benka (142) has many good banks for financial services and follwing are popular among people.

• Central Bank of India Bhikhiwind
• Central Bank of India Pahuwird
• HDFC Bank Bhikhiwind
• ICICI Bank Bhikhiwind
• Kotak Mahindra Bank Mari Gaurh Singh