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About Bendochuan Village

Bendochuan is a small village in Bansjor tehsil, in the district of Simdega, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 432, made up of 216 males and 216 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 436 hectares hectares.

Bendochuan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bendochuan village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Simdega
Tehsil Bansjor
Area (hectares) 436 hectares
Population 432
Male Population 216
Female Population 216
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
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 Bendochuan compares

By the 2011 count Bendochuan is the 16th largest of the 19 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,343 residents. Its 436 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 992.

Getting to Bendochuan

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

Bendochuan lies about 34 km from Simdega, and the nearest railway station is Biramitrapur, about 9.9 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 Bendochuan
Nearest town Birmitrapur 8.1 km
Tehsil headquarters Bansjor 9.2 km
Nearest railway station Biramitrapur 9.9 km
District headquarters Simdega 34 km

Villages closest to Bendochuan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bendochuan village had a population of 432. That makes it the 16th largest of the 19 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,343 residents.

Bendochuan village has 216 males and 216 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bendochuan has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 992.

Bendochuan covers 436 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.

Bendochuan falls under Bansjor tehsil of Simdega district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Bendochuan is Biramitrapur, about 9.9 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 Bendochuan.

Bendochuan is about 34 km from Simdega in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bendochuan is in Bansjor tehsil of Simdega district. Birmitrapur is about 8.1 km away. Bansjor is about 9.2 km away. Biramitrapur is about 9.9 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bongera (2.3 km), Junadih (2.8 km) and Dongapani (4.2 km).

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

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