About Nawagaon Benkat Village

Nawagaon Benkat is a mid sized village in Lormi tehsil, in the district of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 935, made up of 455 males and 480 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,055 females per 1000 males. The village covers 163.33 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495115, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Nawagaon Benkat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Nawagaon Benkat village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bilaspur
Tehsil	Lormi
Pincode	495115
Area (hectares)	163.33 hectares
Population	935
Male Population	455
Female Population	480
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,055
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Nawagaon Benkat compares

By the 2011 count Nawagaon Benkat is the 118th largest of the 245 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,021 residents. Its 163.33 hectares work out to about 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 981.

Getting to Nawagaon Benkat

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

Nawagaon Benkat lies about 75 km from Bilaspur, and the nearest railway station is Kargi Road, about 62 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 Nawagaon Benkat
Nearest town	Kawardha	29 km
Tehsil headquarters	Lormi	29 km
Nearest railway station	Kargi Road	62 km
District headquarters	Bilaspur	75 km

Villages closest to Nawagaon Benkat

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Lormi 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 Nawagaon Benkat

As per the Census of India 2011, Nawagaon Benkat village had a population of 935. That makes it the 118th largest of the 245 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,021 residents.

Nawagaon Benkat village has 455 males and 480 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Nawagaon Benkat has about 1055 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 981.

The pincode recorded for Nawagaon Benkat is 495115. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Nawagaon Benkat covers 163.33 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Nawagaon Benkat falls under Lormi tehsil of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Nawagaon Benkat is Kargi Road, about 62 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 Nawagaon Benkat.

Nawagaon Benkat is about 75 km from Bilaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Nawagaon Benkat is in Lormi tehsil of Bilaspur district. Kawardha is about 29 km away. Lormi is about 29 km away. Kargi Road is about 62 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.