About Benikandar Village

Benikandar is a large village in Islampur tehsil, in the district of Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,901, made up of 1,492 males and 1,409 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 944 females per 1000 males. The village covers 678.25 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 733202, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Benikandar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Benikandar village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Uttar Dinajpur
Tehsil	Islampur
Pincode	733202
Area (hectares)	678.25 hectares
Population	2,901
Male Population	1,492
Female Population	1,409
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	944
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 compares

By the 2011 count Benikandar is the 34th largest of the 101 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 3,055 residents. Its 678.25 hectares work out to about 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 941.

Getting to Benikandar

Benikandar is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Benikandar 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 from other places

Benikandar lies about 37 km from Uttar Dinajpur, and the nearest railway station is Gunjaria, about 7.8 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
Nearest railway station	Gunjaria	7.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Islampur	11 km
Nearest town	Islāmpur	11 km
District headquarters	Uttar Dinajpur	37 km

Villages closest to Benikandar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Benikandar village had a population of 2,901. That makes it the 34th largest of the 101 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,055 residents.

Benikandar village has 1,492 males and 1,409 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Benikandar has about 944 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 941.

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

Benikandar covers 678.25 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Benikandar is Gunjaria, about 7.8 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.

Benikandar is about 37 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 is in Islampur tehsil of Uttar Dinajpur district. Gunjaria is about 7.8 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.