About Biniya Village

Biniya is a mid sized village in Lakhanpur tehsil, in the district of Surguja, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 555, made up of 283 males and 272 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 961 females per 1000 males. The village covers 692.38 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 497116, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Biniya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Biniya village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Surguja
Tehsil	Lakhanpur
Pincode	497116
Area (hectares)	692.38 hectares
Population	555
Male Population	283
Female Population	272
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	961
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Biniya compares

By the 2011 count Biniya is the 76th largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,176 residents. Its 692.38 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 989.

Getting to Biniya

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

Biniya lies about 39 km from Surguja, and the nearest railway station is Ambikapur, about 40 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 Biniya
Tehsil headquarters	Lakhanpur	23 km
District headquarters	Surguja	39 km
Nearest town	Ambikāpur	39 km
Nearest railway station	Ambikapur	40 km

Villages closest to Biniya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Biniya village had a population of 555. That makes it the 76th largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,176 residents.

Biniya village has 283 males and 272 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Biniya has about 961 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 989.

The pincode recorded for Biniya is 497116. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Biniya covers 692.38 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Biniya falls under Lakhanpur tehsil of Surguja district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Biniya is Ambikapur, about 40 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 Biniya.

Biniya is about 39 km from Surguja in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Biniya is in Lakhanpur tehsil of Surguja district. Lakhanpur is about 23 km away. Surguja is about 39 km away. Ambikāpur is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.