About Benikre Village

Benikre is a large village in Kagal tehsil, in the district of Kolhapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,099, made up of 1,073 males and 1,026 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 956 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1059.23 hectares hectares.

Benikre Overview

Census 2011 figures for Benikre village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Kolhapur
Tehsil	Kagal
Area (hectares)	1059.23 hectares
Population	2,099
Male Population	1,073
Female Population	1,026
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	956
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Benikre compares

By the 2011 count Benikre is the 48th largest of the 84 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,739 residents. Its 1059.23 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 953.

Getting to Benikre

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

Benikre lies about 33 km from Kolhapur, and the nearest railway station is Gur Market, about 34 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 Benikre
Nearest town	Nipāni	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kagal	21 km
District headquarters	Kolhapur	33 km
Nearest railway station	Gur Market	34 km

Villages closest to Benikre

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Benikre village had a population of 2,099. That makes it the 48th largest of the 84 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,739 residents.

Benikre village has 1,073 males and 1,026 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Benikre has about 956 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 953.

Benikre covers 1059.23 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Benikre falls under Kagal tehsil of Kolhapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Benikre is Gur Market, about 34 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Benikre.

Benikre is about 33 km from Kolhapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Benikre is in Kagal tehsil of Kolhapur district. Nipāni is about 13 km away. Kagal is about 21 km away. Kolhapur is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.