About Benagariya Village

Benagariya is a mid sized village in Gurbandha tehsil, in the district of Purbi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,291, made up of 655 males and 636 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 971 females per 1000 males. The village covers 402.14 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 832302, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Benagariya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Benagariya village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Purbi Singhbhum
Tehsil	Gurbandha
Pincode	832302
Area (hectares)	402.14 hectares
Population	1,291
Male Population	655
Female Population	636
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	971
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 Benagariya compares

By the 2011 count Benagariya is the 5th largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 517 residents. Its 402.14 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 993.

Getting to Benagariya

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

Benagariya 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 Benagariya
Tehsil headquarters	Gurbandha	9.3 km
Nearest railway station	Kokpara	17 km
District headquarters	Purbi Singhbhum	23 km
Nearest town	Mushābani	28 km

Villages closest to Benagariya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Benagariya village had a population of 1,291. That makes it the 5th largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 517 residents.

Benagariya village has 655 males and 636 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Benagariya has about 971 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 993.

The pincode recorded for Benagariya is 832302. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Benagariya covers 402.14 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Benagariya falls under Gurbandha tehsil of Purbi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Benagariya is Kokpara, about 17 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 Benagariya.

Benagariya 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.

Benagariya is in Gurbandha tehsil of Purbi Singhbhum district. Gurbandha is about 9.3 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.