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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Beniganj is a village in Rajnagar mandal, Chhatarpur district, Madhya Pradesh, with a population of 2,024 and 422 households. The village has a literacy rate of 53.9% and is located at coordinates 24.836°N, 79.971°E.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Gyan Prajapati
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- LGD code
- 458057
- Pincode
- 471606
- Post office
- Khajuraho
- Population
- 2,024
- Households
- 422
- Literacy rate
- 53.9%
- Sex ratio
- 876 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 910
- Distance to district centre
- 54 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 17 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 313 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 502 km
- Nearest railway station
- Khajuraho · 9 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital Rajnagar · 8 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Beniganj compares
By population, Beniganj ranks #38 of 112 villages in Rajnagar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
53.9%
+5.4% vs mandal average
- Beniganj
- 53.9%
- Rajnagar mandal
- 48.5%
- Chhatarpur district
- 53.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
876
−19 vs mandal average
- Beniganj
- 876
- Rajnagar mandal
- 895
Household size
people per home
4.8
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Beniganj
- 4.8
- Rajnagar mandal
- 4.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Beniganj at a glance
Beniganj is a village of 2,024 people in 422 households (Census 2011) in Rajnagar tehsil, Chhatarpur district, Madhya Pradesh, the 38th-largest of 112 villages in Rajnagar tehsil. Literacy is 54%, 5 points above the tehsil average of 49% and the sex ratio is 876 women per 1,000 men. It lies 54 km from the Chhatarpur district centre, 9 km from Khajuraho railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 471606, served by Khajuraho post office; the LGD village code is 458057. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital Rajnagar, 8 km away. The sarpanch is Gyan Prajapati , and the village votes in Rajnagar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Arvind Pateriya. The population is estimated at 2,386 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Beniganj
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 12
- Power hours (winter)
- 12
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- Yes
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- KHAJURAHO
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 9
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 50
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 453.73
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 279.83
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Beniganj
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Beniganj
- LGD code
- 458057
- Pincode
- 471606
- Post office
- Khajuraho
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,024
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,386
- Households
- 422
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 876
- Literacy rate
- 53.9%
- Coordinates
- 24.83583°N, 79.97128°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Khajuraho
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Rajnagar
- Member of Parliament
- V. D. Sharma
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Arvind Pateriya
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Gyan Prajapati
- Block / Mandal
- Rajnagar
Getting there
How to reach Beniganj
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal313 kmcapital
- Delhi502 km
- Hyderabad843 km
- Kolkata891 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKhajuraho9 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital Rajnagar8 km
- ATM / bankSBI Bank5 km
- CollegeGovt Polytechnic Mahoba53 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Beniganj
8 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
Education · within 5 km
Schools & colleges near Beniganj
1 mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors, nearest first. Government school lists (UDISE) will replace this when loaded.
- 🏫Kashi Mandir schoolSchool4.0 km ↗
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-24
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