About Benipura Village

Benipura is a small village in Bharatpur tehsil, in the district of Koriya, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 242, made up of 132 males and 110 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 833 females per 1000 males. The village covers 127.97 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 497778, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Benipura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Benipura village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Koriya
Tehsil	Bharatpur
Pincode	497778
Area (hectares)	127.97 hectares
Population	242
Male Population	132
Female Population	110
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	833
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Benipura compares

By the 2011 count Benipura is the 124th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 512 residents. Its 127.97 hectares work out to about 1.9 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 984.

Getting to Benipura

Benipura is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Benipura 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Benipura from other places

Benipura lies about 134 km from Koriya, and the nearest railway station is Kargi Road, 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 Benipura
Nearest railway station	Kargi Road	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bharatpur	22 km
Nearest town	Mungeli	24 km
District headquarters	Koriya	134 km

Villages closest to Benipura

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Benipura village had a population of 242. That makes it the 124th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 512 residents.

Benipura village has 132 males and 110 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Benipura has about 833 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 984.

The pincode recorded for Benipura is 497778. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Benipura covers 127.97 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Benipura falls under Bharatpur tehsil of Koriya district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Benipura is Kargi Road, 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 5 - 10 km distance for Benipura.

Benipura is about 134 km from Koriya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Benipura is in Bharatpur tehsil of Koriya district. Kargi Road is about 20 km away. Bharatpur is about 22 km away. Mungeli is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.