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About Bena Kunri Village

Bena Kunri is a mid sized village in Pakuria tehsil, in the district of Pakur, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 689, made up of 358 males and 331 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 925 females per 1000 males. The village covers 132 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816117, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bena Kunri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bena Kunri village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Pakur
Tehsil Pakuria
Pincode 816117
Area (hectares) 132 hectares
Population 689
Male Population 358
Female Population 331
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 925
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 Bena Kunri compares

By the 2011 count Bena Kunri is the 55th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 742 residents. Its 132 hectares work out to about 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1017.

Getting to Bena Kunri

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

Bena Kunri lies about 48 km from Pakur, and the nearest railway station is Pinargaria, about 4.0 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 Bena Kunri
Nearest railway station Pinargaria 4.0 km
Tehsil headquarters Pakuria 9.7 km
Nearest town Rampur Hat 15 km
District headquarters Pakur 48 km

Villages closest to Bena Kunri

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Pakuria 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 Bena Kunri

As per the Census of India 2011, Bena Kunri village had a population of 689. That makes it the 55th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 742 residents.

Bena Kunri village has 358 males and 331 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bena Kunri has about 925 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1017.

The pincode recorded for Bena Kunri is 816117. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bena Kunri covers 132 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bena Kunri falls under Pakuria tehsil of Pakur district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Bena Kunri is Pinargaria, about 4.0 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 Bena Kunri.

Bena Kunri is about 48 km from Pakur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bena Kunri is in Pakuria tehsil of Pakur district. Pinargaria is about 4.0 km away. Pakuria is about 9.7 km away. Rampur Hat is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chhota Singpur (under 2 km), Ghurni (1.7 km) and Bara Singpur (2.2 km).

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

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