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About Benakanholi Village

Benakanholi is a mid sized village in Hukeri tehsil, in the district of Belgaum, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,987, made up of 978 males and 1,009 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,032 females per 1000 males. The village covers 755.05 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 591254, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Benakanholi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Benakanholi village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Belgaum
Tehsil Hukeri
Pincode 591254
Area (hectares) 755.05 hectares
Population 1,987
Male Population 978
Female Population 1,009
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,032
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Benakanholi compares

By the 2011 count Benakanholi is the 70th largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,792 residents. Its 755.05 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 999.

Getting to Benakanholi

Benakanholi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Benakanholi as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Benakanholi from other places

Benakanholi lies about 25 km from Belgaum, and the nearest railway station is Pachhapur, about 16 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 Benakanholi
Nearest railway station Pachhapur 16 km
Tehsil headquarters Hukeri 19 km
District headquarters Belgaum 25 km

Villages closest to Benakanholi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Benakanholi village had a population of 1,987. That makes it the 70th largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,792 residents.

Benakanholi village has 978 males and 1,009 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Benakanholi has about 1032 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 999.

The pincode recorded for Benakanholi is 591254. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Benakanholi covers 755.05 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Benakanholi falls under Hukeri tehsil of Belgaum district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Benakanholi is Pachhapur, about 16 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 <5 km distance for Benakanholi.

Benakanholi is about 25 km from Belgaum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Benakanholi is in Hukeri tehsil of Belgaum district. Pachhapur is about 16 km away. Hukeri is about 19 km away. Belgaum is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mangutti (3.0 km), Biranholi (3.2 km) and Mastiholi (3.3 km).

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

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