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About Beniganj Village

Beniganj is a large village in Rajnagar tehsil, in the district of Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,024, made up of 1,079 males and 945 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 876 females per 1000 males. The village covers 453.73 hectares hectares.

Beniganj Overview

Census 2011 figures for Beniganj village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Chhatarpur
Tehsil Rajnagar
Area (hectares) 453.73 hectares
Population 2,024
Male Population 1,079
Female Population 945
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 876
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Beniganj compares

By the 2011 count Beniganj is the 41st largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,638 residents. Its 453.73 hectares work out to about 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 887.

Getting to Beniganj

Beniganj is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Beniganj as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Beniganj from other places

Beniganj lies about 39 km from Chhatarpur, and the nearest railway station is Khajuraho, about 8.6 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 Beniganj
Nearest town Khajuraho Group of Monuments 3.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Rajnagar 8.1 km
Nearest railway station Khajuraho 8.6 km
District headquarters Chhatarpur 39 km

Villages closest to Beniganj

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Beniganj village had a population of 2,024. That makes it the 41st largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,638 residents.

Beniganj village has 1,079 males and 945 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Beniganj has about 876 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 887.

Beniganj covers 453.73 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Beniganj falls under Rajnagar tehsil of Chhatarpur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Beniganj is Khajuraho, about 8.6 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Beniganj.

Beniganj is about 39 km from Chhatarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Beniganj is in Rajnagar tehsil of Chhatarpur district. Khajuraho Group of Monuments is about 3.4 km away. Rajnagar is about 8.1 km away. Khajuraho is about 8.6 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bamnora (under 2 km), Chitrai (3.0 km) and Hakimpura (4.1 km).

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

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