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About Bengahi Village

Bengahi is a small village in Nabinagar tehsil, in the district of Aurangabad, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 477, made up of 224 males and 253 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,129 females per 1000 males. The village covers 100 hectares hectares.

Bengahi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bengahi village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Aurangabad
Tehsil Nabinagar
Area (hectares) 100 hectares
Population 477
Male Population 224
Female Population 253
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,129
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Bengahi compares

By the 2011 count Bengahi is the 178th largest of the 266 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 940 residents. Its 100 hectares work out to about 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 920.

Getting to Bengahi

Bengahi is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Bengahi as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Bengahi from other places

Bengahi lies about 36 km from Aurangabad, and the nearest railway station is Kajrat Nawadih, about 4.1 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 Bengahi
Nearest railway station Kajrat Nawadih 4.1 km
Tehsil headquarters Nabinagar 6.3 km
Nearest town Nabīnagar 6.3 km
District headquarters Aurangabad 36 km

Villages closest to Bengahi

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

Common questions about Bengahi

As per the Census of India 2011, Bengahi village had a population of 477. That makes it the 178th largest of the 266 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 940 residents.

Bengahi village has 224 males and 253 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bengahi has about 1129 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 920.

Bengahi covers 100 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bengahi falls under Nabinagar tehsil of Aurangabad district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Bengahi is Kajrat Nawadih, about 4.1 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Bengahi.

Bengahi is about 36 km from Aurangabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bengahi is in Nabinagar tehsil of Aurangabad district. Kajrat Nawadih is about 4.1 km away. Nabinagar is about 6.3 km away. Nabīnagar is about 6.3 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dhanhara (under 2 km), Bishunpur (under 2 km) and Kajhpa (1.8 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Bengahi today is likely to be higher.

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