About Benegaon Village

Benegaon is a mid sized village in Lanji tehsil, in the district of Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,188, made up of 590 males and 598 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,014 females per 1000 males. The village covers 323.87 hectares hectares.

Benegaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Benegaon village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Balaghat
Tehsil	Lanji
Area (hectares)	323.87 hectares
Population	1,188
Male Population	590
Female Population	598
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,014
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Benegaon compares

By the 2011 count Benegaon is the 62nd largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,339 residents. Its 323.87 hectares work out to about 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1013.

Getting to Benegaon

Benegaon is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Benegaon 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Benegaon from other places

Benegaon lies about 41 km from Balaghat, and the nearest railway station is Amgaon, about 21 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 Benegaon
Tehsil headquarters	Lanji	10 km
Nearest railway station	Amgaon	21 km
Nearest town	Gondiā	28 km
District headquarters	Balaghat	41 km

Villages closest to Benegaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Benegaon village had a population of 1,188. That makes it the 62nd largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,339 residents.

Benegaon village has 590 males and 598 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Benegaon has about 1014 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1013.

Benegaon covers 323.87 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Benegaon falls under Lanji tehsil of Balaghat district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Benegaon is Amgaon, about 21 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 village for Benegaon.

Benegaon is about 41 km from Balaghat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Benegaon is in Lanji tehsil of Balaghat district. Lanji is about 10 km away. Amgaon is about 21 km away. Gondiā is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.