About Benagaria Village

Benagaria is a large village in Nirsa Cum Chirkunda tehsil, in the district of Dhanbad, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,667, made up of 1,328 males and 1,339 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,008 females per 1000 males. The village covers 435 hectares hectares.

Benagaria Overview

Census 2011 figures for Benagaria village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dhanbad
Tehsil	Nirsa Cum Chirkunda
Area (hectares)	435 hectares
Population	2,667
Male Population	1,328
Female Population	1,339
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,008
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 Benagaria compares

By the 2011 count Benagaria is the 13th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,189 residents. Its 435 hectares work out to about 6.1 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 949.

Getting to Benagaria

Benagaria is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Benagaria 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 Benagaria from other places

Benagaria lies about 5.7 km from Dhanbad, and the nearest railway station is Dokra Halt, about 3.1 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 Benagaria
Nearest railway station	Dokra Halt	3.1 km
Nearest town	Jharia	5.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Nirsa Cum Chirkunda	5.7 km
District headquarters	Dhanbad	5.7 km

Villages closest to Benagaria

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Nirsa Cum Chirkunda 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 Benagaria

As per the Census of India 2011, Benagaria village had a population of 2,667. That makes it the 13th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,189 residents.

Benagaria village has 1,328 males and 1,339 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Benagaria has about 1008 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 949.

Benagaria covers 435 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.1 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Benagaria falls under Nirsa Cum Chirkunda tehsil of Dhanbad district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Benagaria is Dokra Halt, about 3.1 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 Benagaria.

Benagaria is about 5.7 km from Dhanbad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Benagaria is in Nirsa Cum Chirkunda tehsil of Dhanbad district. Dokra Halt is about 3.1 km away. Jharia is about 5.5 km away. Nirsa Cum Chirkunda is about 5.7 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.