About Benewal Village

Benewal is a small village in Garhshankar tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 110, made up of 58 males and 52 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 897 females per 1000 males. The village covers 51 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144523, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Benewal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Benewal village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Hoshiarpur
Tehsil	Garhshankar
Pincode	144523
Area (hectares)	51 hectares
Population	110
Male Population	58
Female Population	52
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	897
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Benewal compares

By the 2011 count Benewal is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,022 residents. Its 51 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 961.

Getting to Benewal

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

Benewal lies about 42 km from Hoshiarpur, and the nearest railway station is Garhshankar, about 13 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 Benewal
Nearest railway station	Garhshankar	13 km
Nearest town	Nangal	16 km
District headquarters	Hoshiarpur	42 km

Villages closest to Benewal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Benewal village had a population of 110. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,022 residents.

Benewal village has 58 males and 52 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Benewal has about 897 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 961.

The pincode recorded for Benewal is 144523. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Benewal covers 51 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Benewal falls under Garhshankar tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Benewal is Garhshankar, about 13 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 village for Benewal.

Benewal is about 42 km from Hoshiarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Benewal is in Garhshankar tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Garhshankar is about 13 km away. Nangal is about 16 km away. Hoshiarpur is about 42 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.