About Benipur Village

Benipur is a small village in Powayan tehsil, in the district of Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 398, made up of 211 males and 187 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 886 females per 1000 males. The village covers 87.38 hectares hectares.

Benipur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Benipur village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Shahjahanpur
Tehsil	Powayan
Area (hectares)	87.38 hectares
Population	398
Male Population	211
Female Population	187
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	886
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Benipur compares

By the 2011 count Benipur is the 478th largest of the 658 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 941 residents. Its 87.38 hectares work out to about 4.6 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 894.

Getting to Benipur

Benipur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Benipur 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 10+ 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 17 km from Shahjahanpur, and the nearest railway station is Areli, about 11 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	Areli	11 km
Nearest town	Pawāyan	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Powayan	17 km
District headquarters	Shahjahanpur	17 km

Villages closest to Benipur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Benipur village had a population of 398. That makes it the 478th largest of the 658 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 941 residents.

Benipur village has 211 males and 187 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Benipur has about 886 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 894.

Benipur covers 87.38 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Benipur falls under Powayan tehsil of Shahjahanpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Benipur is Areli, about 11 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 village for Benipur.

Benipur is about 17 km from Shahjahanpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Benipur is in Powayan tehsil of Shahjahanpur district. Areli is about 11 km away. Pawāyan is about 12 km away. Powayan is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.