About Beonk Village

Beonk is a mid sized village in Gawan tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,402, made up of 705 males and 697 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 989 females per 1000 males. The village covers 22.76 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815313, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Beonk Overview

Census 2011 figures for Beonk village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Giridih
Tehsil	Gawan
Pincode	815313
Area (hectares)	22.76 hectares
Population	1,402
Male Population	705
Female Population	697
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	989
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Beonk compares

By the 2011 count Beonk is the 18th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 849 residents. Its 22.76 hectares work out to about 62 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 971.

Getting to Beonk

Beonk is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Beonk as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Beonk from other places

Beonk lies about 64 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Dhanwar, about 23 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 Beonk
Tehsil headquarters	Gawan	3.1 km
Nearest railway station	Dhanwar	23 km
Nearest town	Kodarma	34 km
District headquarters	Giridih	64 km

Villages closest to Beonk

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Beonk village had a population of 1,402. That makes it the 18th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 849 residents.

Beonk village has 705 males and 697 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Beonk has about 989 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 971.

The pincode recorded for Beonk is 815313. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Beonk covers 22.76 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 62 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Beonk falls under Gawan tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Beonk is Dhanwar, about 23 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 village for Beonk.

Beonk is about 64 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Beonk is in Gawan tehsil of Giridih district. Gawan is about 3.1 km away. Dhanwar is about 23 km away. Kodarma is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.