About Bengokalan Village

Bengokalan is a mid sized village in Kanha Chatti tehsil, in the district of Chatra, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,252, made up of 644 males and 608 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 944 females per 1000 males. The village covers 623 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825401, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bengokalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bengokalan village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Chatra
Tehsil	Kanha Chatti
Pincode	825401
Area (hectares)	623 hectares
Population	1,252
Male Population	644
Female Population	608
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	944
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bengokalan compares

By the 2011 count Bengokalan is the 10th largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 543 residents. Its 623 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1000.

Getting to Bengokalan

Bengokalan is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Bengokalan as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Bengokalan from other places

Bengokalan lies about 23 km from Chatra, and the nearest railway station is Kathautia, about 28 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 Bengokalan
Tehsil headquarters	Kanha Chatti	6.3 km
Nearest town	Bagaha	20 km
District headquarters	Chatra	23 km
Nearest railway station	Kathautia	28 km

Villages closest to Bengokalan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kanha Chatti 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 Bengokalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Bengokalan village had a population of 1,252. That makes it the 10th largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 543 residents.

Bengokalan village has 644 males and 608 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bengokalan has about 944 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1000.

The pincode recorded for Bengokalan is 825401. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bengokalan covers 623 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bengokalan falls under Kanha Chatti tehsil of Chatra district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Bengokalan is Kathautia, about 28 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 within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Bengokalan.

Bengokalan is about 23 km from Chatra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bengokalan is in Kanha Chatti tehsil of Chatra district. Kanha Chatti is about 6.3 km away. Bagaha is about 20 km away. Chatra is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.