About Bengchi Village

Bengchi is a mid sized village in Baramkela tehsil, in the district of Raigarh, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 932, made up of 460 males and 472 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,026 females per 1000 males. The village covers 205.31 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 496551, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bengchi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bengchi village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Raigarh
Tehsil	Baramkela
Pincode	496551
Area (hectares)	205.31 hectares
Population	932
Male Population	460
Female Population	472
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,026
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bengchi compares

By the 2011 count Bengchi is the 39th largest of the 211 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 628 residents. Its 205.31 hectares work out to about 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 993.

Getting to Bengchi

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

Bengchi lies about 3.1 km from Baramkela, and the nearest railway station is Raigarh, about 42 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 Bengchi
Tehsil headquarters	Baramkela	3.1 km
Nearest town	Saraipali	36 km
Nearest railway station	Raigarh	42 km

Villages closest to Bengchi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bengchi village had a population of 932. That makes it the 39th largest of the 211 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 628 residents.

Bengchi village has 460 males and 472 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bengchi has about 1026 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 993.

The pincode recorded for Bengchi is 496551. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bengchi covers 205.31 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bengchi falls under Baramkela tehsil of Raigarh district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Bengchi is Raigarh, about 42 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 Bengchi.

Bengchi is about 3.1 km from Baramkela in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bengchi is in Baramkela tehsil of Raigarh district. Baramkela is about 3.1 km away. Saraipali is about 36 km away. Raigarh is about 42 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.