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About Bengariapahari Village

Bengariapahari is a small village in Taljhari tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 93, made up of 53 males and 40 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 755 females per 1000 males. The village covers 90 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816116, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bengariapahari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bengariapahari village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Sahibganj
Tehsil Taljhari
Pincode 816116
Area (hectares) 90 hectares
Population 93
Male Population 53
Female Population 40
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 755
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 Bengariapahari compares

By the 2011 count Bengariapahari is the 136th largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 383 residents. Its 90 hectares work out to about 1.0 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 992.

Getting to Bengariapahari

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

Bengariapahari lies about 32 km from Sahibganj, and the nearest railway station is Dhamdhamia, about 4.2 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 Bengariapahari
Nearest railway station Dhamdhamia 4.2 km
Tehsil headquarters Taljhari 14 km
Nearest town Rājmahal 15 km
District headquarters Sahibganj 32 km

Villages closest to Bengariapahari

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bengariapahari village had a population of 93. That makes it the 136th largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 383 residents.

Bengariapahari village has 53 males and 40 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bengariapahari has about 755 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 992.

The pincode recorded for Bengariapahari is 816116. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bengariapahari covers 90 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Bengariapahari falls under Taljhari tehsil of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Bengariapahari is Dhamdhamia, about 4.2 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 Bengariapahari.

Bengariapahari is about 32 km from Sahibganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bengariapahari is in Taljhari tehsil of Sahibganj district. Dhamdhamia is about 4.2 km away. Taljhari is about 14 km away. Rājmahal is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mahulbana (under 2 km), Baga (under 2 km) and Simberi (under 2 km).

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

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