Benipur is a village in Chanditala II community development block of

Srirampore subdivision Srirampore subdivision is an administrative subdivision of the Hooghly district in the state of West Bengal, India. Overview Srirampore subdivision is the most urbanised, and the one with the highest density of population, of all the subdivisio ...

Hooghly district Hooghly district () is one of the districts of the Indian state of West Bengal. It can alternatively be spelt ''Hoogli'' or ''Hugli''. The district is named after the Hooghly River. The headquarters of the district are at Hooghly-Chinsura (''C ...

in the

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n state of

West Bengal West Bengal (, Bengali: ''Poshchim Bongo'', , abbr. WB) is a state in the eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabitants within an area of . West Bengal is the fourt ...

Geography

Benipur is located at . Chanditala police station serves this Village.

Gram panchayat

Villages and census towns in Chanditala

gram panchayat Gram Panchayat () is a basic village-governing institute in Indian villages. It is a democratic structure at the grass-roots level in India. It is a political institute, acting as cabinet of the village. The Gram Sabha work as the general bod ...

are:

Bamandanga Bamandanga is a village in Chanditala II community development block of Srirampore subdivision in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography Bamandanga is located at . Gram panchayat Villages and census towns in Chandi ...

, Benipur, Chanditala,

Kalachhara Kalachhara is a village in Chanditala II community development block of Srirampore subdivision in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography Kalachhara is located at . Chanditala police station serves this Village. Gram ...

and Pairagachha.

Demographics

As per

2011 Census of India The 2011 Census of India or the 15th Indian Census was conducted in two phases, house listing and population enumeration. The House listing phase began on 1 April 2010 and involved the collection of information about all buildings. Information ...

, Benipur had a total population of 1,161 of which 585 (50%) were males and 576 (50%) were females. Population below 6 years was 101. The total number of literates in Benipur was 941 (88.77% of the population over 6 years).

Transport

The nearest railway stations are Gobra railway station and

Janai Road railway station Janai Road railway station is a railway station on the Howrah–Bardhaman chord of Howrah Railway division of the Eastern Railway zone. It is located in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal West Bengal (, Bengali: ''Posh ...

on the Howrah-Bardhaman chord line, which is a part of the

Kolkata Suburban Railway The Kolkata Suburban Railway is a suburban rail system serving the Kolkata metropolitan area and its surroundings in India. It is the largest suburban railway network in the country with the highest number of stations. It is also the 7th larg ...

system.

References

Villages in Chanditala II CD Block {{Hooghly-geo-stub