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About Benglur Village

Benglur is a small village in Jagdalpur tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 193, made up of 97 males and 96 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 990 females per 1000 males. The village covers 107.09 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494001, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Benglur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Benglur village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bastar
Tehsil Jagdalpur
Pincode 494001
Area (hectares) 107.09 hectares
Population 193
Male Population 97
Female Population 96
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 990
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Benglur compares

By the 2011 count Benglur is the 97th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,060 residents. Its 107.09 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1012.

Getting to Benglur

Benglur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Benglur as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Benglur from other places

Benglur lies about 31 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Nakti Semara, about 12 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 Benglur
Nearest railway station Nakti Semara 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Jagdalpur 15 km
District headquarters Bastar 31 km

Villages closest to Benglur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Benglur village had a population of 193. That makes it the 97th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,060 residents.

Benglur village has 97 males and 96 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Benglur has about 990 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1012.

The pincode recorded for Benglur is 494001. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Benglur covers 107.09 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Benglur falls under Jagdalpur tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Benglur is Nakti Semara, about 12 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 and private bus service as Available within village for Benglur.

Benglur is about 31 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Benglur is in Jagdalpur tehsil of Bastar district. Nakti Semara is about 12 km away. Jagdalpur is about 15 km away. Bastar is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sidmur (under 2 km), Potiyapal (under 2 km) and Hatpadmur (1.9 km).

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

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