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About Benakanadoni Village

Benakanadoni is a mid sized village in Hungund tehsil, in the district of Bagalkot, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 927, made up of 462 males and 465 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,006 females per 1000 males. The village covers 465.05 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 587125, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Benakanadoni Overview

Census 2011 figures for Benakanadoni village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Bagalkot
Tehsil Hungund
Pincode 587125
Area (hectares) 465.05 hectares
Population 927
Male Population 462
Female Population 465
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,006
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Benakanadoni compares

By the 2011 count Benakanadoni is the 78th largest of the 153 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,267 residents. Its 465.05 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 983.

Getting to Benakanadoni

Benakanadoni is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Benakanadoni as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Benakanadoni from other places

Benakanadoni lies about 56 km from Bagalkot, and the nearest railway station is Linganabandi, about 41 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Benakanadoni
Nearest town Ilkal 16 km
Tehsil headquarters Hungund 16 km
Nearest railway station Linganabandi 41 km
District headquarters Bagalkot 56 km

Villages closest to Benakanadoni

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Hungund tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Benakanadoni

As per the Census of India 2011, Benakanadoni village had a population of 927. That makes it the 78th largest of the 153 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,267 residents.

Benakanadoni village has 462 males and 465 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Benakanadoni has about 1006 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 983.

The pincode recorded for Benakanadoni is 587125. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Benakanadoni covers 465.05 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Benakanadoni falls under Hungund tehsil of Bagalkot district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Benakanadoni is Linganabandi, about 41 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Benakanadoni.

Benakanadoni is about 56 km from Bagalkot in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Benakanadoni is in Hungund tehsil of Bagalkot district. Ilkal is about 16 km away. Hungund is about 16 km away. Linganabandi is about 41 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Karadi (3.1 km), Chikadapur (3.3 km) and Turamari (3.4 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Benakanadoni today is likely to be higher.

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