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About Benipur Village

Benipur is a small village in Sakaldiha tehsil, in the district of Chandauli, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 75, made up of 42 males and 33 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 786 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2.28 hectares hectares.

Benipur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Benipur village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Chandauli
Tehsil Sakaldiha
Area (hectares) 2.28 hectares
Population 75
Male Population 42
Female Population 33
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 786
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Benipur compares

By the 2011 count Benipur is the 411th largest of the 437 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,503 residents. Its 2.28 hectares work out to about 33 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 929.

Getting to Benipur

The census records public bus service for Benipur as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Benipur from other places

Benipur lies about 20 km from Chandauli, and the nearest railway station is Sarnath, about 7.9 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 Benipur
Nearest railway station Sarnath 7.9 km
Nearest town Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar 9.9 km
Tehsil headquarters Sakaldiha 15 km
District headquarters Chandauli 20 km

Villages closest to Benipur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Benipur village had a population of 75. That makes it the 411th largest of the 437 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,503 residents.

Benipur village has 42 males and 33 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Benipur has about 786 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 929.

Benipur covers 2.28 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 33 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Benipur falls under Sakaldiha tehsil of Chandauli district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Benipur is Sarnath, about 7.9 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 <5 km distance for Benipur.

Benipur is about 20 km from Chandauli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Benipur is in Sakaldiha tehsil of Chandauli district. Sarnath is about 7.9 km away. Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar is about 9.9 km away. Sakaldiha is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chandpur (2.0 km), Sarya (3.2 km) and Ambachak (3.6 km).

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

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