Benavale observes Ganeshotsav on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Maharashtra.
By population, Benavale ranks #99 of 167 villages in Pen mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Benavale is a village of 494 people in 120 households (Census 2011) in Pen taluka, Raigad district, Maharashtra, the 99th-largest of 167 villages in Pen taluka. Literacy is 81%, 15 points above the taluka average of 66% and the sex ratio is 1,033 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 402107, served by Pen post office; the LGD village code is 553825. The village votes in Shirdi assembly constituency, represented by MLA Patil Vikhe Radhakrushna Eknathrao. The population is estimated at 582 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: DIV →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benavale · this village | 494 | 81% | — |
| Div · Pen | 1,294 | 78% | — |
| Narwel · Pen | 664 | 78% | — |
| Bahiramkotak · Pen | 368 | 70% | — |
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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