About Benashol Village

Benashol is a large village in Musabani tehsil, in the district of Purbi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,310, made up of 1,133 males and 1,177 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,039 females per 1000 males. The village covers 535 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 831002, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Benashol Overview

Census 2011 figures for Benashol village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Purbi Singhbhum
Tehsil	Musabani
Pincode	831002
Area (hectares)	535 hectares
Population	2,310
Male Population	1,133
Female Population	1,177
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,039
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Benashol compares

By the 2011 count Benashol is the 6th largest of the 43 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,337 residents. Its 535 hectares work out to about 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1023.

Getting to Benashol

Benashol is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Benashol as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Benashol from other places

Benashol lies about 13 km from Purbi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Ghatsila, about 3.7 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 Benashol
Nearest town	Ghātsīla	3.4 km
Nearest railway station	Ghatsila	3.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Musabani	7.8 km
District headquarters	Purbi Singhbhum	13 km

Villages closest to Benashol

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Benashol village had a population of 2,310. That makes it the 6th largest of the 43 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,337 residents.

Benashol village has 1,133 males and 1,177 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Benashol has about 1039 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1023.

The pincode recorded for Benashol is 831002. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Benashol covers 535 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Benashol falls under Musabani tehsil of Purbi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Benashol is Ghatsila, about 3.7 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Benashol.

Benashol is about 13 km from Purbi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Benashol is in Musabani tehsil of Purbi Singhbhum district. Ghātsīla is about 3.4 km away. Ghatsila is about 3.7 km away. Musabani is about 7.8 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.