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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Beniganj
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| settlement_type = city
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
| coordinates = {{coord|27.28|N|80.45|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
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| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Hardoi district|Hardoi]]
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| founder = वेणी माधव
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| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes = <ref name="Census 2011"/>
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| area_total_km2 = 4.5
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| elevation_m = 136
| population_total = 10173
| population_as_of = 2011
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Hindi language|Hindi]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
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'''Beniganj''' is a town and [[nagar panchayat]] in [[Sandila]] tehsil of [[Hardoi district]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]].<ref name="Census 2011">{{cite web |title=Census of India 2011: Uttar Pradesh District Census Handbook - Hardoi, Part A (Village and Town Directory) |pages=15-16, 32-52, 578–82, 589 |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/09/0924_PART_A_DCHB_HARDOI.pdf |website=Census 2011 India|access-date=21 June 2021}}</ref> It is located 21 miles southeast of [[Hardoi]] and 16 miles north of Sandila, on the road to [[Nimkhar]] and [[Sitapur]].<ref name="Gazetteer">{{cite book |last1=Nevill |first1=H.R. |title=Hardoi - A Gazetteer |date=1904 |publisher=Government Press |location=Allahabad |page=173 |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.48076 |access-date=21 June 2021}}</ref> As of 2011, its population is 10,173 people, in 1,766 households.<ref name="Census 2011"/>

==History==
Originally called Ahmadabad Sarsand, Beniganj was first inhabited by [[Jogi (caste)|Jogi]]s and [[Arakh (caste)|Arakh]]s.<ref name="Gazetteer"/> They are said to have then been driven out by [[Janwar (caste)|Janwar]]s from nearby [[Gaju]] and [[Tikari]] sometime before the year 1300.<ref name="Gazetteer"/> Beniganj received its present name in the mid-1700s, when Beni Bahadur, the [[Dewan|diwan]] of [[Shuja-ud-Daula]], built a row of shops here and called it Beniganj after himself.<ref name="Gazetteer"/> It then came under the control of an [[Ahir]] landlord named Ram Das, who held the village for 20 years before giving it along with half his lands to Gobind, the [[Chaudhri]] of [[Khairabad, Sitapur|Khairabad]], in order to form a political alliance.<ref name="Gazetteer"/> It later formed part of the estate of the [[taluqdar]]s of [[Kakrali (taluqa)|Kakrali]].<ref name="Gazetteer"/>

At the turn of the 20th century, Beniganj was described as a large village that hosted a large market twice weekly, on Tuesdays and Fridays.<ref name="Gazetteer"/> There was a large military encampment northwest of the village, on the road to Sitapur.<ref name="Gazetteer"/> The village also had a police station, a post office, a school, a cattle pound, and an inspection bungalow.<ref name="Gazetteer"/> Its population in 1901 was recorded as 2,446 people, including 346 Muslims.<ref name="Gazetteer"/>

==Geography==
Beniganj is located at {{coord|27.28|N|80.45|E|}}.<ref>[http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/36/Beniganj.html Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Beniganj]</ref> It has an average elevation of 136 metres (446 feet).

==Demographics==
{{historical populations
| align = left
| source = 2011 Census of India<ref name="Census 2011"/>
| 1921 | 2096
| 1931 | 1886
| 1941 | 2048
| 1951 | 2842
| 1961 | Not given
| 1971 | Not given
| 1981 | 5789
| 1991 | 7385
| 2001 | 9505
| 2011 | 10173
}}
{{As of|2001}} India [[census]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archivedate=2004-06-16|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|accessdate=2008-11-01|work= |publisher= Census Commission of India}}</ref> Beniganj had a population of 9,504. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Beniganj has an average literacy rate of 54%, lower than the national average of 59.5%; with 60% of the males and 40% of females literate. 19% of the population is under 6 years of age.

According to the [[2011 Census of India]], the population of Beniganj was recorded as 10,173 people, of whom 5,475 were male and 4,698 were female.<ref name="Census 2011"/> The corresponding [[sex ratio]] of 858 females to every 1000 males was the lowest among towns in Hardoi district.<ref name="Census 2011"/> Among the 0-6 age group, the sex ratio was 829, which was also the lowest in the district.<ref name="Census 2011"/> Members of [[scheduled castes]] made up 24.44% of the town's population, which was the highest proportion among towns in the district.<ref name="Census 2011"/> No members of [[scheduled tribes]] were reported as living in the town.<ref name="Census 2011"/> The [[literacy rate]] of Beniganj was 73.72% (counting only people age 7 and up); it was higher among men and boys (78.98%) than women and girls (67.62%).<ref name="Census 2011"/> In terms of employment, 20.82% of Beniganj residents were classified as main workers (i.e. people employed for at least 6 months per year), while 14.51% were counted as marginal workers.<ref name="Census 2011"/> The remaining 64.67% were non-workers.<ref name="Census 2011"/> Employment status varied substantially according to gender, with 49.72% of men but only 18.56% of women being either main or marginal workers.<ref name="Census 2011"/>

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Hardoi district}}

[[Category:Cities and towns in Hardoi district]]

{{Hardoi-geo-stub}}

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