About Benda Danda Village

Benda Danda is a mid sized village in Sarila tehsil, in the district of Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 728, made up of 415 males and 313 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 754 females per 1000 males. The village covers 888.83 hectares hectares.

Benda Danda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Benda Danda village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Hamirpur
Tehsil	Sarila
Area (hectares)	888.83 hectares
Population	728
Male Population	415
Female Population	313
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	754
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Benda Danda compares

By the 2011 count Benda Danda is the 71st largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,583 residents. Its 888.83 hectares work out to about 0.8 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 842.

Getting to Benda Danda

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

Benda Danda lies about 35 km from Hamirpur, and the nearest railway station is Amb Andaura, about 11 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 Benda Danda
Nearest railway station	Amb Andaura	11 km
Nearest town	Talwāra	33 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sarila	35 km
District headquarters	Hamirpur	35 km

Villages closest to Benda Danda

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sarila 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 Benda Danda

As per the Census of India 2011, Benda Danda village had a population of 728. That makes it the 71st largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,583 residents.

Benda Danda village has 415 males and 313 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Benda Danda has about 754 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 842.

Benda Danda covers 888.83 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.

Benda Danda falls under Sarila tehsil of Hamirpur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Benda Danda is Amb Andaura, about 11 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 Benda Danda.

Benda Danda is about 35 km from Hamirpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Benda Danda is in Sarila tehsil of Hamirpur district. Amb Andaura is about 11 km away. Talwāra is about 33 km away. Sarila is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.