About Benachapar Village

Benachapar is a small village in Mohammad Bazar tehsil, in the district of Birbhum, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 162, made up of 94 males and 68 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 723 females per 1000 males. The village covers 52.2 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 731243, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Benachapar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Benachapar village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Birbhum
Tehsil	Mohammad Bazar
Pincode	731243
Area (hectares)	52.2 hectares
Population	162
Male Population	94
Female Population	68
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	723
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 Benachapar compares

By the 2011 count Benachapar is the 122nd largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,193 residents. Its 52.2 hectares work out to about 3.1 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 974.

Getting to Benachapar

Benachapar is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Benachapar 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 Benachapar from other places

Benachapar lies about 15 km from Birbhum, and the nearest railway station is Mallarpur, about 2.3 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 Benachapar
Nearest railway station	Mallarpur	2.3 km
Nearest town	Rampur Hat	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Mohammad Bazar	15 km
District headquarters	Birbhum	15 km

Villages closest to Benachapar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Mohammad Bazar 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 Benachapar

As per the Census of India 2011, Benachapar village had a population of 162. That makes it the 122nd largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,193 residents.

Benachapar village has 94 males and 68 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Benachapar has about 723 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 974.

The pincode recorded for Benachapar is 731243. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Benachapar covers 52.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Benachapar falls under Mohammad Bazar tehsil of Birbhum district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Benachapar is Mallarpur, about 2.3 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 Benachapar.

Benachapar is about 15 km from Birbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Benachapar is in Mohammad Bazar tehsil of Birbhum district. Mallarpur is about 2.3 km away. Rampur Hat is about 11 km away. Mohammad Bazar is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.