About Behnar Village

Behnar is a small village in Dantewada tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 430, made up of 215 males and 215 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 640.79 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494553, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Behnar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Behnar village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Dakshin Bastar Dantewada
Tehsil	Dantewada
Pincode	494553
Area (hectares)	640.79 hectares
Population	430
Male Population	215
Female Population	215
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Behnar compares

By the 2011 count Behnar is the 43rd largest of the 56 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,059 residents. Its 640.79 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1086.

Getting to Behnar

Behnar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Behnar as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Behnar from other places

Behnar lies about 13 km from Dakshin Bastar Dantewada. 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 Behnar
Nearest town	Bacheli	5.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dantewada	13 km
District headquarters	Dakshin Bastar Dantewada	13 km

Villages closest to Behnar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Behnar village had a population of 430. That makes it the 43rd largest of the 56 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,059 residents.

Behnar village has 215 males and 215 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Behnar has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1086.

The pincode recorded for Behnar is 494553. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Behnar covers 640.79 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Behnar falls under Dantewada tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district in Chhattisgarh.

The census record for Behnar notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Behnar.

Behnar is about 13 km from Dakshin Bastar Dantewada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Behnar is in Dantewada tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district. Bacheli is about 5.0 km away. Dantewada is about 13 km away. Dakshin Bastar Dantewada is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.