About Beni Kalan Village

Beni Kalan is a mid sized village in Hussainabad tehsil, in the district of Palamu, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,953, made up of 1,036 males and 917 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 885 females per 1000 males. The village covers 262 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822116, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Beni Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Beni Kalan village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Palamu
Tehsil	Hussainabad
Pincode	822116
Area (hectares)	262 hectares
Population	1,953
Male Population	1,036
Female Population	917
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	885
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Beni Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Beni Kalan is the 17th largest of the 149 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 868 residents. Its 262 hectares work out to about 7.5 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 929.

Getting to Beni Kalan

Beni Kalan is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Beni Kalan as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Beni Kalan from other places

Beni Kalan lies about 30 km from Palamu, and the nearest railway station is Dumri Bihar, about 18 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 Beni Kalan
Nearest railway station	Dumri Bihar	18 km
Nearest town	Gumia	21 km
Tehsil headquarters	Hussainabad	30 km
District headquarters	Palamu	30 km

Villages closest to Beni Kalan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Hussainabad 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 Beni Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Beni Kalan village had a population of 1,953. That makes it the 17th largest of the 149 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 868 residents.

Beni Kalan village has 1,036 males and 917 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Beni Kalan has about 885 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 929.

The pincode recorded for Beni Kalan is 822116. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Beni Kalan covers 262 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.5 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Beni Kalan falls under Hussainabad tehsil of Palamu district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Beni Kalan is Dumri Bihar, about 18 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Beni Kalan.

Beni Kalan is about 30 km from Palamu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Beni Kalan is in Hussainabad tehsil of Palamu district. Dumri Bihar is about 18 km away. Gumia is about 21 km away. Hussainabad is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.