About Benakanavari Village

Benakanavari is a mid sized village in Hungund tehsil, in the district of Bagalkot, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 650, made up of 317 males and 333 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,050 females per 1000 males. The village covers 444.41 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 587124, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Benakanavari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Benakanavari village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Bagalkot
Tehsil	Hungund
Pincode	587124
Area (hectares)	444.41 hectares
Population	650
Male Population	317
Female Population	333
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,050
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Benakanavari compares

By the 2011 count Benakanavari is the 104th largest of the 153 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,267 residents. Its 444.41 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 983.

Getting to Benakanavari

Benakanavari is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Benakanavari 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 Benakanavari from other places

Benakanavari lies about 29 km from Bagalkot, and the nearest railway station is Guledgudda Road, about 21 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 Benakanavari
Nearest town	Guledagudda	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Hungund	21 km
Nearest railway station	Guledgudda Road	21 km
District headquarters	Bagalkot	29 km

Villages closest to Benakanavari

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.

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Common questions about Benakanavari

As per the Census of India 2011, Benakanavari village had a population of 650. That makes it the 104th largest of the 153 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,267 residents.

Benakanavari village has 317 males and 333 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Benakanavari has about 1050 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 983.

The pincode recorded for Benakanavari is 587124. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Benakanavari covers 444.41 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Benakanavari falls under Hungund tehsil of Bagalkot district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Benakanavari is Guledgudda Road, about 21 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 Benakanavari.

Benakanavari is about 29 km from Bagalkot in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Benakanavari is in Hungund tehsil of Bagalkot district. Guledagudda is about 11 km away. Hungund is about 21 km away. Guledgudda Road is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.