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About Benwapar Village

Benwapar is a small village in Bansgaon tehsil, in the district of Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 150, made up of 84 males and 66 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 786 females per 1000 males. The village covers 30.44 hectares hectares.

Benwapar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Benwapar village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Gorakhpur
Tehsil Bansgaon
Area (hectares) 30.44 hectares
Population 150
Male Population 84
Female Population 66
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 786
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Benwapar compares

By the 2011 count Benwapar is the 386th largest of the 443 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 932 residents. Its 30.44 hectares work out to about 4.9 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 1003.

Getting to Benwapar

Benwapar is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Benwapar as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Benwapar from other places

Benwapar lies about 25 km from Gorakhpur, and the nearest railway station is Kusmhi, about 22 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 Benwapar
Tehsil headquarters Bansgaon 1.9 km
Nearest railway station Kusmhi 22 km
District headquarters Gorakhpur 25 km

Villages closest to Benwapar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Benwapar village had a population of 150. That makes it the 386th largest of the 443 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 932 residents.

Benwapar village has 84 males and 66 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Benwapar has about 786 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1003.

Benwapar covers 30.44 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Benwapar falls under Bansgaon tehsil of Gorakhpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Benwapar is Kusmhi, about 22 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Benwapar.

Benwapar is about 25 km from Gorakhpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Benwapar is in Bansgaon tehsil of Gorakhpur district. Bansgaon is about 1.9 km away. Kusmhi is about 22 km away. Gorakhpur is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Atrauli (under 2 km), Saintal Tal (under 2 km) and Manjhgawa (under 2 km).

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

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