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About Benidharaur Village

Benidharaur is a small village in Lohandiguda tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 213, made up of 102 males and 111 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,088 females per 1000 males. The village covers 76.23 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494010, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Benidharaur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Benidharaur village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bastar
Tehsil Lohandiguda
Pincode 494010
Area (hectares) 76.23 hectares
Population 213
Male Population 102
Female Population 111
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,088
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Benidharaur compares

By the 2011 count Benidharaur is the 68th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 925 residents. Its 76.23 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1054.

Getting to Benidharaur

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

Benidharaur lies about 20 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Bade Arapur, about 20 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 Benidharaur
Tehsil headquarters Lohandiguda 2.6 km
Nearest railway station Bade Arapur 20 km
District headquarters Bastar 20 km
Nearest town Jagdalpur 31 km

Villages closest to Benidharaur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Benidharaur village had a population of 213. That makes it the 68th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 925 residents.

Benidharaur village has 102 males and 111 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Benidharaur has about 1088 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1054.

The pincode recorded for Benidharaur is 494010. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Benidharaur covers 76.23 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Benidharaur falls under Lohandiguda tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Benidharaur is Bade Arapur, about 20 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 Benidharaur.

Benidharaur is about 20 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Benidharaur is in Lohandiguda tehsil of Bastar district. Lohandiguda is about 2.6 km away. Bade Arapur is about 20 km away. Bastar is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Usaribeda (under 2 km), Lohandiguda (2.6 km) and Kodebada (4.1 km).

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

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