About Benagajar Village

Benagajar is a small village in Gobindpur tehsil, in the district of Dhanbad, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 96, made up of 55 males and 41 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 745 females per 1000 males. The village covers 34 hectares hectares.

Benagajar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Benagajar village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dhanbad
Tehsil	Gobindpur
Area (hectares)	34 hectares
Population	96
Male Population	55
Female Population	41
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	745
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Benagajar compares

By the 2011 count Benagajar is the 187th largest of the 201 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,027 residents. Its 34 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 946.

Getting to Benagajar

Benagajar is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Benagajar as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Benagajar from other places

Benagajar lies about 138 km from Dhanbad, and the nearest railway station is Haludpukur, about 2.6 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 Benagajar
Nearest railway station	Haludpukur	2.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gobindpur	8.1 km
District headquarters	Dhanbad	138 km

Villages closest to Benagajar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Benagajar village had a population of 96. That makes it the 187th largest of the 201 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,027 residents.

Benagajar village has 55 males and 41 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Benagajar has about 745 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 946.

Benagajar covers 34 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Benagajar falls under Gobindpur tehsil of Dhanbad district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Benagajar is Haludpukur, about 2.6 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 5 - 10 km distance for Benagajar.

Benagajar is about 138 km from Dhanbad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Benagajar is in Gobindpur tehsil of Dhanbad district. Haludpukur is about 2.6 km away. Gobindpur is about 8.1 km away. Dhanbad is about 138 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.