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About Benipokhari Village

Benipokhari is a small village in Biswanathpur tehsil, in the district of Kalahandi, Odisha. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 100, made up of 53 males and 47 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 887 females per 1000 males. The village covers 93 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 766020, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Benipokhari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Benipokhari village
Description Value
State Odisha
District Kalahandi
Tehsil Biswanathpur
Pincode 766020
Area (hectares) 93 hectares
Population 100
Male Population 53
Female Population 47
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 887
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Benipokhari compares

By the 2011 count Benipokhari is the 62nd largest of the 101 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 191 residents. Its 93 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1081.

Getting to Benipokhari

Benipokhari is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Benipokhari 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 5 - 10 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Bakatpur, Bandhapari, Bedaghati and Bedhal Khaman. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Benipokhari

As per the Census of India 2011, Benipokhari village had a population of 100. That makes it the 62nd largest of the 101 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 191 residents.

Benipokhari village has 53 males and 47 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Benipokhari has about 887 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1081.

The pincode recorded for Benipokhari is 766020. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Benipokhari covers 93 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Benipokhari falls under Biswanathpur tehsil of Kalahandi district in Odisha.

The census record for Benipokhari notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 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 Benipokhari.

Benipokhari is in Biswanathpur tehsil of Kalahandi district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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