About Besna Village

Besna is a mid sized village in Chainpur tehsil, in the district of Gumla, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 504, made up of 269 males and 235 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 874 females per 1000 males. The village covers 537 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835206, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Besna Overview

Census 2011 figures for Besna village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Gumla
Tehsil	Chainpur
Pincode	835206
Area (hectares)	537 hectares
Population	504
Male Population	269
Female Population	235
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	874
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 Besna compares

By the 2011 count Besna is the 43rd largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 682 residents. Its 537 hectares work out to about 0.9 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 1003.

Getting to Besna

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

Besna lies about 92 km from Gumla, and the nearest railway station is Kumandih, about 9.8 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 Besna
Nearest railway station	Kumandih	9.8 km
Nearest town	Lātehār	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chainpur	35 km
District headquarters	Gumla	92 km

Villages closest to Besna

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Besna village had a population of 504. That makes it the 43rd largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 682 residents.

Besna village has 269 males and 235 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Besna has about 874 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1003.

The pincode recorded for Besna is 835206. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Besna covers 537 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Besna falls under Chainpur tehsil of Gumla district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Besna is Kumandih, about 9.8 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 Besna.

Besna is about 92 km from Gumla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Besna is in Chainpur tehsil of Gumla district. Kumandih is about 9.8 km away. Lātehār is about 20 km away. Chainpur is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.