About Benikandar Alias Satvita Village

Benikandar Alias Satvita is a mid sized village in Islampur tehsil, in the district of Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,093, made up of 701 males and 392 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 559 females per 1000 males. The village covers 138.3 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 733202, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Benikandar Alias Satvita Overview

Census 2011 figures for Benikandar Alias Satvita village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Uttar Dinajpur
Tehsil	Islampur
Pincode	733202
Area (hectares)	138.3 hectares
Population	1,093
Male Population	701
Female Population	392
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	559
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Benikandar Alias Satvita compares

By the 2011 count Benikandar Alias Satvita is the 74th largest of the 101 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 3,055 residents. Its 138.3 hectares work out to about 7.9 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 941.

Getting to Benikandar Alias Satvita

Benikandar Alias Satvita is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Benikandar Alias Satvita as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Benikandar Alias Satvita from other places

Benikandar Alias Satvita lies about 38 km from Uttar Dinajpur, and the nearest railway station is Gunjaria, about 9.5 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 Benikandar Alias Satvita
Nearest railway station	Gunjaria	9.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Islampur	11 km
Nearest town	Islāmpur	11 km
District headquarters	Uttar Dinajpur	38 km

Villages closest to Benikandar Alias Satvita

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Islampur 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 Benikandar Alias Satvita

As per the Census of India 2011, Benikandar Alias Satvita village had a population of 1,093. That makes it the 74th largest of the 101 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,055 residents.

Benikandar Alias Satvita village has 701 males and 392 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Benikandar Alias Satvita has about 559 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 941.

The pincode recorded for Benikandar Alias Satvita is 733202. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Benikandar Alias Satvita covers 138.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.9 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Benikandar Alias Satvita falls under Islampur tehsil of Uttar Dinajpur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Benikandar Alias Satvita is Gunjaria, about 9.5 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Benikandar Alias Satvita.

Benikandar Alias Satvita is about 38 km from Uttar Dinajpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Benikandar Alias Satvita is in Islampur tehsil of Uttar Dinajpur district. Gunjaria is about 9.5 km away. Islampur is about 11 km away. Islāmpur is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Benikandar (1.9 km), Daribhir (3.0 km) and Gangamaila (3.1 km).

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