About Benheri Village

Benheri is a mid sized village in Bhitarwar tehsil, in the district of Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,283, made up of 678 males and 605 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 892 females per 1000 males. The village covers 383.59 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 475220, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Benheri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Benheri village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Gwalior
Tehsil	Bhitarwar
Pincode	475220
Area (hectares)	383.59 hectares
Population	1,283
Male Population	678
Female Population	605
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	892
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Benheri compares

By the 2011 count Benheri is the 27th largest of the 78 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,144 residents. Its 383.59 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 864.

Getting to Benheri

Benheri is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Benheri as Available within 5 - 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 Benheri from other places

Benheri lies about 43 km from Gwalior, and the nearest railway station is Simariatal, about 15 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 Benheri
Tehsil headquarters	Bhitarwar	8.8 km
Nearest railway station	Simariatal	15 km
Nearest town	Dabra	16 km
District headquarters	Gwalior	43 km

Villages closest to Benheri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Benheri village had a population of 1,283. That makes it the 27th largest of the 78 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,144 residents.

Benheri village has 678 males and 605 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Benheri has about 892 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 864.

The pincode recorded for Benheri is 475220. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Benheri covers 383.59 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Benheri falls under Bhitarwar tehsil of Gwalior district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Benheri is Simariatal, about 15 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 village for Benheri.

Benheri is about 43 km from Gwalior in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Benheri is in Bhitarwar tehsil of Gwalior district. Bhitarwar is about 8.8 km away. Simariatal is about 15 km away. Dabra is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.