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About Benadanti Village

Benadanti is a small village in Maheshpur tehsil, in the district of Pakur, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 479, made up of 245 males and 234 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 955 females per 1000 males. The village covers 266 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814111, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Benadanti Overview

Census 2011 figures for Benadanti village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Pakur
Tehsil Maheshpur
Pincode 814111
Area (hectares) 266 hectares
Population 479
Male Population 245
Female Population 234
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 955
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 Benadanti compares

By the 2011 count Benadanti is the 150th largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 656 residents. Its 266 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1012.

Getting to Benadanti

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

Benadanti lies about 25 km from Pakur, and the nearest railway station is Banshlai Bridge, about 21 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 Benadanti
Tehsil headquarters Maheshpur 11 km
Nearest railway station Banshlai Bridge 21 km
District headquarters Pakur 25 km

Villages closest to Benadanti

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

Common questions about Benadanti

As per the Census of India 2011, Benadanti village had a population of 479. That makes it the 150th largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 656 residents.

Benadanti village has 245 males and 234 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Benadanti has about 955 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1012.

The pincode recorded for Benadanti is 814111. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Benadanti covers 266 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Benadanti falls under Maheshpur tehsil of Pakur district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Benadanti is Banshlai Bridge, about 21 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 Benadanti.

Benadanti is about 25 km from Pakur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Benadanti is in Maheshpur tehsil of Pakur district. Maheshpur is about 11 km away. Banshlai Bridge is about 21 km away. Pakur is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bhelai (under 2 km), Maldhara (1.8 km) and Kaira Chatar (1.9 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Benadanti today is likely to be higher.

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