# Benagajar Village, Gobindpur, Dhanbad (Jharkhand) – PIN Code

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Village · Gobindpur, Dhanbad 

# Benagajar

Benagajar is a village in Gobindpur sub-district of Dhanbad district, Jharkhand. The 2011 Census counted **96 people in 19 households**, the 199th largest of 213 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 67.6%.

- 96people (2011)
- 19households
- 76.0%literacy
- 745females per 1,000 males

## Benagajar PIN code and other codes

Benagajar falls in Gobindpur sub-district, Dhanbad district, Jharkhand.

- Gram panchayatRatanpur
- Community development blockGobindpur
- Census village code361791

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Benagajar from nearby towns?

- Gobindpur (sub-district HQ)2 km by road
- Dhanbad (district HQ)12 km by road
- Dhanbad (nearest town)12 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Benagajar?

7 services counted by the Census are inside Benagajar; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary schoolunder 5 km · Ratanpur
- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Gai Ghara
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Jiramuri
- ○ITI / vocational school5–10 km · Dhanbad
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)10 h summer · 11 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Benagajar known for?

The main crops are **rice**. About 83% of the 34 hectares of village land is sown, and 18 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Benagajar

Of every 100 households in Benagajar in 2011, 94 had electricity, 72 a toilet at home and 22 cooked with LPG; 89 had a mobile phone, 28 a two-wheeler and 17 a car.

■ Benagajar · ■ Gobindpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****94%**

**81%

Toilet within the home ****72%**

**10%

No toilet (open defecation) ****28%**

**89%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****72%**

**17%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****22%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****11%**

**48%

Use banking services ****83%**

**54%

Television ****78%**

**37%

Mobile phone ****89%**

**51%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****28%**

**18%

Car / jeep / van ****17%**

**2%

None of these assets ****11%**

**14%

Own their home ****67%**

**96%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Benagajar?

■ Benagajar · ■ Gobindpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.0%**

**67.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****745**

**933

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****312**

**918

Working population ****26.0%**

**40.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.9% for men and 75.0% for women. 40% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 1 (4%) · **■** Other work 21 (84%) · **■** Marginal 3 (12%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Gobindpur

- Kodwatanr167 people
- Jadabpur152 people
- Kathitanr133 people
- Chikania117 people
- Digri90 people
- Paharpur83 people
- Jhilua82 people
- Mudidi75 people

[All 220 villages in Gobindpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/jharkhand/dhanbad/gobindpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Benagajar from Dhanbad?12 km by road
- What is the population of Benagajar?96 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Benagajar in?Dhanbad district (Gobindpur sub-district), Jharkhand
- What is the literacy rate of Benagajar?76.0% (Census 2011)