About Benipur Village

Benipur is a mid sized village in Tapan tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 850, made up of 421 males and 429 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,019 females per 1000 males. The village covers 542.03 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 733140, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Benipur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Benipur village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Dakshin Dinajpur
Tehsil	Tapan
Pincode	733140
Area (hectares)	542.03 hectares
Population	850
Male Population	421
Female Population	429
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,019
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Benipur compares

By the 2011 count Benipur is the 96th largest of the 271 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 924 residents. Its 542.03 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 954.

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 village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Basakbari, Basuria, Bataskhanda and Baturia. 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.

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Common questions about Benipur

As per the Census of India 2011, Benipur village had a population of 850. That makes it the 96th largest of the 271 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 924 residents.

Benipur village has 421 males and 429 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Benipur has about 1019 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 954.

The pincode recorded for Benipur is 733140. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Benipur covers 542.03 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Benipur falls under Tapan tehsil of Dakshin Dinajpur district in West Bengal.

The census record for Benipur notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Benipur.

Benipur is in Tapan tehsil of Dakshin Dinajpur 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.