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About Benagaria Village

Benagaria is a small village in Chhatna tehsil, in the district of Bankura, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 291, made up of 156 males and 135 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 865 females per 1000 males. The village covers 69.53 hectares hectares.

Benagaria Overview

Census 2011 figures for Benagaria village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Bankura
Tehsil Chhatna
Area (hectares) 69.53 hectares
Population 291
Male Population 156
Female Population 135
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 865
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Benagaria compares

By the 2011 count Benagaria is the 207th largest of the 272 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 685 residents. Its 69.53 hectares work out to about 4.2 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 972.

Getting to Benagaria

Benagaria is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Benagaria as Available within 5 - 10 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 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Barabanagram, Barbakra, Barshi and Basulibandh. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Benagaria

As per the Census of India 2011, Benagaria village had a population of 291. That makes it the 207th largest of the 272 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 685 residents.

Benagaria village has 156 males and 135 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Benagaria has about 865 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 972.

Benagaria covers 69.53 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Benagaria falls under Chhatna tehsil of Bankura district in West Bengal.

The census record for Benagaria notes the nearest railway station 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 km distance for Benagaria.

Benagaria is in Chhatna tehsil of Bankura district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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