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About Benodpur Village

Benodpur is a mid sized village in Kanksa tehsil, in the district of Barddhaman, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 570, made up of 311 males and 259 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 833 females per 1000 males. The village covers 129.5 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 713377, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Benodpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Benodpur village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Barddhaman
Tehsil Kanksa
Pincode 713377
Area (hectares) 129.5 hectares
Population 570
Male Population 311
Female Population 259
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 833
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Benodpur compares

By the 2011 count Benodpur is the 54th largest of the 77 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,345 residents. Its 129.5 hectares work out to about 4.4 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 943.

Getting to Benodpur

Benodpur is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Benodpur as Available within <5 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 Benodpur from other places

Benodpur lies about 106 km from Barddhaman, and the nearest railway station is Swadinpur, about 2.9 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 Benodpur
Nearest railway station Swadinpur 2.9 km
Nearest town Rampur Hat 4.2 km
Tehsil headquarters Kanksa 23 km
District headquarters Barddhaman 106 km

Villages closest to Benodpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Benodpur village had a population of 570. That makes it the 54th largest of the 77 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,345 residents.

Benodpur village has 311 males and 259 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Benodpur has about 833 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 943.

The pincode recorded for Benodpur is 713377. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Benodpur covers 129.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Benodpur falls under Kanksa tehsil of Barddhaman district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Benodpur is Swadinpur, about 2.9 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Benodpur.

Benodpur is about 106 km from Barddhaman in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Benodpur is in Kanksa tehsil of Barddhaman district. Swadinpur is about 2.9 km away. Rampur Hat is about 4.2 km away. Kanksa is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bandra (1.8 km), Majhidanga (4.0 km) and Anandapur (4.5 km).

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

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