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About Bendekon Village

Bendekon is a small village in Shahapur tehsil, in the district of Thane, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 277, made up of 132 males and 145 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,098 females per 1000 males. The village covers 266.32 hectares hectares.

Bendekon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bendekon village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Thane
Tehsil Shahapur
Area (hectares) 266.32 hectares
Population 277
Male Population 132
Female Population 145
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,098
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Bendekon compares

By the 2011 count Bendekon is the 198th largest of the 213 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,111 residents. Its 266.32 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, well above the tehsil average of 970.

Getting to Bendekon

The census records public bus service for Bendekon as Available within <5 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Bendekon from other places

Bendekon lies about 16 km from Thane, and the nearest railway station is Thakurli, about 2.6 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 Bendekon
Nearest railway station Thakurli 2.6 km
Nearest town Kalyān 3.3 km
District headquarters Thane 16 km
Tehsil headquarters Shahapur 32 km

Villages closest to Bendekon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bendekon village had a population of 277. That makes it the 198th largest of the 213 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,111 residents.

Bendekon village has 132 males and 145 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bendekon has about 1098 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 970.

Bendekon covers 266.32 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.

Bendekon falls under Shahapur tehsil of Thane district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Bendekon is Thakurli, about 2.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Bendekon.

Bendekon is about 16 km from Thane in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bendekon is in Shahapur tehsil of Thane district. Thakurli is about 2.6 km away. Kalyān is about 3.3 km away. Thane is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Alyani (3.3 km), Ras (5.9 km) and Ambivali (7.3 km).

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

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