About Benga Village

Benga is a mid sized village in Sikti tehsil, in the district of Araria, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,808, made up of 924 males and 884 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 957 females per 1000 males. The village covers 337.54 hectares hectares.

Benga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Benga village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Araria
Tehsil	Sikti
Area (hectares)	337.54 hectares
Population	1,808
Male Population	924
Female Population	884
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	957
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Benga compares

By the 2011 count Benga is the 32nd largest of the 53 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,814 residents. Its 337.54 hectares work out to about 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 938.

Getting to Benga

Benga is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Benga as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Benga from other places

Benga lies about 15 km from Araria, and the nearest railway station is Arariya, about 19 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Benga
Tehsil headquarters	Sikti	14 km
District headquarters	Araria	15 km
Nearest town	Arāria	15 km
Nearest railway station	Arariya	19 km

Villages closest to Benga

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sikti tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Benga

As per the Census of India 2011, Benga village had a population of 1,808. That makes it the 32nd largest of the 53 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,814 residents.

Benga village has 924 males and 884 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Benga has about 957 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 938.

Benga covers 337.54 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Benga falls under Sikti tehsil of Araria district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Benga is Arariya, about 19 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Benga.

Benga is about 15 km from Araria in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Benga is in Sikti tehsil of Araria district. Sikti is about 14 km away. Araria is about 15 km away. Arāria is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.