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Twin crises in a year: Drought forces families to leave Maharashtra‘s Beed district, months after devastating floods
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Village snapshot
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- LGD code
- 558993
- Pincode
- 414204
- Post office
- Patoda (Beed)
- Population
- 1,108
- Households
- 215
- Literacy rate
- 67.7%
- Sex ratio
- 856 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 647
- Distance to district centre
- 72 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 12 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 286 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 347 km
- Nearest railway station
- Amalner Bhandyache · 29 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital, Naigaon · 10 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Bensur compares
By population, Bensur ranks #36 of 64 villages in Patoda mandal.
Literacy rate
%
67.7%
+2.5% vs mandal average
Bensur67.7%
Patoda mandal65.2%
Beed district66.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
856
−47 vs mandal average
Bensur856
Patoda mandal903
Household size
people per home
5.2
+0.3 vs mandal average
Bensur5.2
Patoda mandal4.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bensur at a glance
Bensur is a village of 1,108 people in 215 households (Census 2011) in Patoda taluka, Beed district, Maharashtra, the 36th-largest of 64 villages in Patoda taluka. Literacy is 68%, 3 points above the taluka average of 65% and the sex ratio is 856 women per 1,000 men. It lies 72 km from the Beed district centre, 21 km from Neknoor, the nearest town, 29 km from Amalner Bhandyache railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 414204, served by Patoda (Beed) post office; the LGD village code is 558993. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Naigaon, 10 km away. The village votes in Beed assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sandeep Ravindra Kshirsagar. The population is estimated at 1,306 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Bensur →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bensur · this village | 1,108 | 68% | — |
| Sawargaon Sone · Patoda | 1,030 | 66% | 2.8 km SW |
| Karewadi · Indapur | 1,466 | 65% | 2.9 km N |
| Bharnewadi · Indapur | 4,358 | 73% | 2.9 km N |
| Kalewadi · Indapur | 1,477 | 74% | 2.9 km N |
| Therla · Patoda | 2,084 | 64% | 3.2 km NW |
| Waghira · Patoda | 1,575 | 65% | 4 km SE |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Bensur
- 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)
- 10
- Power hours (winter)
- 8
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 0
- 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
- Yes
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- Bid
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 37
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 37
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 18
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 914
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 774
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Bensur
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Bensur
- LGD code
- 558993
- Pincode
- 414204
- Post office
- Patoda (Beed)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,108
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,306
- Households
- 215
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 856
- Literacy rate
- 67.7%
- Coordinates
- 18.83167°N, 75.58044°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Beed
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Beed
- Member of Parliament
- Bajrang Sonwane
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Sandeep Ravindra Kshirsagar
- Block / Mandal
- Patoda
Getting there
How to reach Bensur
Distance to cities · straight line
- Mumbai286 kmcapital
- Hyderabad347 km
- Bengaluru686 km
- Chennai812 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationAmalner Bhandyache29 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital, Naigaon10 km
- ATM / bankHDFC Bank25 km
- Petrol pumpHP15 km
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 414204
Villages near Bensur
Other villages in Patoda mandal
View all 60+ →- Patoda
- Sautada
- Amalner
- Pargaon Gumra
- Dongerkinhi
- Kusalamb
- Daskhed
- Pimpalwandi
- Pachangri
- Sawargaon Ghat
- Tambarajuri
- Pithi
- Therla
- Chumbli
- Muggaon
- Nirgudi
- Domri
- Naigaon Mayur
- Bhyala
- Kotan
- Nalwandi
- Gandhanwadi
- Parner
- Mahasanghvi
- Vaidhyakinhi
- Waghira
- Kakadhira
- Chikhali
- Wadzari
- Umber Vihira
- Karegaon
- Jaulala
- Rohatawadi
- Karanjwan
- Dhangar Jaulka
- Suppa
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)