About Benadag Village

Benadag is a small village in Angara tehsil, in the district of Ranchi, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 415, made up of 201 males and 214 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,065 females per 1000 males. The village covers 241.15 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835103, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Benadag Overview

Census 2011 figures for Benadag village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Ranchi
Tehsil	Angara
Pincode	835103
Area (hectares)	241.15 hectares
Population	415
Male Population	201
Female Population	214
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,065
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 Benadag compares

By the 2011 count Benadag is the 70th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,375 residents. Its 241.15 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 986.

Getting to Benadag

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

Benadag lies about 28 km from Ranchi, and the nearest railway station is Gangaghat, about 11 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 Benadag
Tehsil headquarters	Angara	7.1 km
Nearest railway station	Gangaghat	11 km
Nearest town	Chitarpur	17 km
District headquarters	Ranchi	28 km

Villages closest to Benadag

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Benadag village had a population of 415. That makes it the 70th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,375 residents.

Benadag village has 201 males and 214 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Benadag has about 1065 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 986.

The pincode recorded for Benadag is 835103. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Benadag covers 241.15 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Benadag falls under Angara tehsil of Ranchi district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Benadag is Gangaghat, about 11 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 Benadag.

Benadag is about 28 km from Ranchi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Benadag is in Angara tehsil of Ranchi district. Angara is about 7.1 km away. Gangaghat is about 11 km away. Chitarpur is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.