About Benchanahalli Village

Benchanahalli is a mid sized village in Nelamangala tehsil, in the district of Bangalore Rural, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 907, made up of 454 males and 453 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 998 females per 1000 males. The village covers 351.32 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 562111, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Benchanahalli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Benchanahalli village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Bangalore Rural
Tehsil	Nelamangala
Pincode	562111
Area (hectares)	351.32 hectares
Population	907
Male Population	454
Female Population	453
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	998
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Benchanahalli compares

By the 2011 count Benchanahalli is the 54th largest of the 219 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 706 residents. Its 351.32 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 972.

Getting to Benchanahalli

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

Benchanahalli lies about 12 km from Bangalore Rural, and the nearest railway station is Yelahanka Junction, about 1.8 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 Benchanahalli
Nearest railway station	Yelahanka Junction	1.8 km
Nearest town	Yelahanka	2.5 km
District headquarters	Bangalore Rural	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Nelamangala	21 km

Villages closest to Benchanahalli

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Nelamangala 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 Benchanahalli

As per the Census of India 2011, Benchanahalli village had a population of 907. That makes it the 54th largest of the 219 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 706 residents.

Benchanahalli village has 454 males and 453 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Benchanahalli has about 998 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 972.

The pincode recorded for Benchanahalli is 562111. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Benchanahalli covers 351.32 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Benchanahalli falls under Nelamangala tehsil of Bangalore Rural district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Benchanahalli is Yelahanka Junction, about 1.8 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 village for Benchanahalli.

Benchanahalli is about 12 km from Bangalore Rural in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Benchanahalli is in Nelamangala tehsil of Bangalore Rural district. Yelahanka Junction is about 1.8 km away. Yelahanka is about 2.5 km away. Bangalore Rural is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.