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About Benapara Village

Benapara is a small village in Baharagora tehsil, in the district of Purbi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5, made up of 3 males and 2 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 667 females per 1000 males. The village covers 3.55 hectares hectares.

Benapara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Benapara village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Purbi Singhbhum
Tehsil Baharagora
Area (hectares) 3.55 hectares
Population 5
Male Population 3
Female Population 2
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 667
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Benapara compares

By the 2011 count Benapara is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 421 residents. Its 3.55 hectares work out to about 1.4 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 957.

Getting to Benapara

Benapara is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Benapara as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Benapara from other places

Benapara lies about 23 km from Purbi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Kokpara, about 17 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 Benapara
Tehsil headquarters Baharagora 10 km
Nearest railway station Kokpara 17 km
District headquarters Purbi Singhbhum 23 km
Nearest town Mushābani 28 km

Villages closest to Benapara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Benapara village had a population of 5. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 421 residents.

Benapara village has 3 males and 2 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Benapara has about 667 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 957.

Benapara covers 3.55 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Benapara falls under Baharagora tehsil of Purbi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Benapara is Kokpara, about 17 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Benapara.

Benapara is about 23 km from Purbi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Benapara is in Baharagora tehsil of Purbi Singhbhum district. Baharagora is about 10 km away. Kokpara is about 17 km away. Purbi Singhbhum is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Charakmara (5.5 km), Kesharda (5.7 km) and Mahuli (5.7 km).

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

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