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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
sunita devi
Contact: 94****5292
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- LGD code
- 206077
- Pincode
- 233227
- Post office
- Mohammadabad Yusufpur
- Population
- 955
- Households
- 134
- Literacy rate
- 60.6%
- Sex ratio
- 969 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 226
Census 2011 · in context
How Bensagar compares
By population, Bensagar ranks #170 of 707 villages in Mohammadabad mandal.
Literacy rate
%
60.6%
+0.9% vs mandal average
- Bensagar
- 60.6%
- Mohammadabad mandal
- 59.7%
- Ghazipur district
- 60.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
969
+32 vs mandal average
- Bensagar
- 969
- Mohammadabad mandal
- 937
Household size
people per home
7.1
+1.0 vs mandal average
- Bensagar
- 7.1
- Mohammadabad mandal
- 6.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bensagar at a glance
Bensagar is a village of 955 people in 134 households (Census 2011) in Mohammadabad tehsil, Ghazipur district, Uttar Pradesh, the 170th-largest of 707 villages in Mohammadabad tehsil. Literacy is 61%, about the same as the tehsil average of 60% and the sex ratio is 969 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 233227, served by Mohammadabad Yusufpur post office; the LGD village code is 206077. The sarpanch is sunita devi, and the village votes in Mohanlalganj assembly constituency, represented by MLA Amresh Kumar. The population is estimated at 1,126 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Sultanpur →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bensagar · this village | 955 | 61% | — |
| Sultanpur · Mohammadabad | 1,092 | 75% | — |
| Kaberha · Mohammadabad | 357 | 57% | — |
| Chak Abdul Khair · Mohammadabad | 299 | 50% | — |
| Bisesarpur · Mohammadabad | 179 | 56% | — |
| Chak Abdal · Mohammadabad | 0 | — | — |
| Chak Jahrullah · Mohammadabad | 0 | — | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Bensagar
- 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)
- 10
- Primary school
- 1
- 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
- No
- 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
- No
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- GHAZIPUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 3
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 3
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 3
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- SULTANPUR
- Total area (ha)
- 82.16
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 69.36
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Bensagar
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Bensagar
- LGD code
- 206077
- Pincode
- 233227
- Post office
- Mohammadabad Yusufpur
- Population (Census 2011)
- 955
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,126
- Households
- 134
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 969
- Literacy rate
- 60.6%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Mohanlalganj
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Mohanlalganj
- Member of Parliament
- R. K. Chaudhary
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Amresh Kumar
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- sunita devi
- Block / Mandal
- Mohammadabad
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 233227
- GouspurMohammadabad mandal7,273 pop
- Awathhi BasantMohammadabad mandal5,385 pop
- KundaserMohammadabad mandal4,774 pop
- Surtapur KhasMohammadabad mandal3,878 pop
- Bala PurMohammadabad mandal3,394 pop
- SonariMohammadabad mandal3,313 pop
- Abadan Urf BaranKasimabad mandal3,114 pop
- TamalpuraMohammadabad mandal3,111 pop
- PaharipurMohammadabad mandal2,734 pop
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Other villages in Mohammadabad mandal
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- Gondoor
- Kanuan
- Baki Khurd
- Tiwaripur
- Bala Pur
- Sonari
- Kamsari
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- Mania
- Tamalpura
- Baddo Pur
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Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)