About Behniwal Village

Behniwal is a large village in Mansa tehsil, in the district of Mansa, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,741, made up of 1,987 males and 1,754 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 883 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1253 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 151505, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Behniwal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Behniwal village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Mansa
Tehsil	Mansa
Pincode	151505
Area (hectares)	1253 hectares
Population	3,741
Male Population	1,987
Female Population	1,754
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	883
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Behniwal compares

By the 2011 count Behniwal is the 22nd largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,892 residents. Its 1253 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 871.

Getting to Behniwal

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

Behniwal lies about 21 km from Mansa, and the nearest railway station is Maur, 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 Behniwal
Nearest town	Talwandi Sābo	13 km
Nearest railway station	Maur	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Mansa	21 km

Villages closest to Behniwal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Behniwal village had a population of 3,741. That makes it the 22nd largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,892 residents.

Behniwal village has 1,987 males and 1,754 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Behniwal has about 883 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 871.

The pincode recorded for Behniwal is 151505. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Behniwal covers 1253 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Behniwal falls under Mansa tehsil of Mansa district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Behniwal is Maur, 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Behniwal.

Behniwal is about 21 km from Mansa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Behniwal is in Mansa tehsil of Mansa district. Talwandi Sābo is about 13 km away. Maur is about 15 km away. Mansa is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.