About Benjora Village

Benjora is a mid sized village in Manora tehsil, in the district of Jashpur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 542, made up of 287 males and 255 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 889 females per 1000 males. The village covers 613.11 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 496330, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Benjora Overview

Census 2011 figures for Benjora village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Jashpur
Tehsil	Manora
Pincode	496330
Area (hectares)	613.11 hectares
Population	542
Male Population	287
Female Population	255
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	889
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Benjora compares

By the 2011 count Benjora is the 47th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 629 residents. Its 613.11 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 989.

Getting to Benjora

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

Benjora lies about 31 km from Jashpur, and the nearest railway station is Hehegara Halt, about 81 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 Benjora
Tehsil headquarters	Manora	16 km
District headquarters	Jashpur	31 km
Nearest town	Jashpur Nagar	31 km
Nearest railway station	Hehegara Halt	81 km

Villages closest to Benjora

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Benjora village had a population of 542. That makes it the 47th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 629 residents.

Benjora village has 287 males and 255 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Benjora has about 889 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 989.

The pincode recorded for Benjora is 496330. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Benjora covers 613.11 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Benjora falls under Manora tehsil of Jashpur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Benjora is Hehegara Halt, about 81 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 Benjora.

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

Benjora is in Manora tehsil of Jashpur district. Manora is about 16 km away. Jashpur is about 31 km away. Jashpur Nagar is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.