About Benkanahalli Village

Benkanahalli is a mid sized village in Hiriyur tehsil, in the district of Chitradurga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,114, made up of 552 males and 562 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,018 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1016.02 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577546, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Benkanahalli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Benkanahalli village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Chitradurga
Tehsil	Hiriyur
Pincode	577546
Area (hectares)	1016.02 hectares
Population	1,114
Male Population	552
Female Population	562
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,018
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Benkanahalli compares

By the 2011 count Benkanahalli is the 77th largest of the 149 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,525 residents. Its 1016.02 hectares work out to about 1.1 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 970.

Getting to Benkanahalli

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

Benkanahalli lies about 55 km from Chitradurga, and the nearest railway station is Somaguddu, about 38 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 Benkanahalli
Tehsil headquarters	Hiriyur	30 km
Nearest town	Hiriyūr	30 km
Nearest railway station	Somaguddu	38 km
District headquarters	Chitradurga	55 km

Villages closest to Benkanahalli

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Benkanahalli village had a population of 1,114. That makes it the 77th largest of the 149 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,525 residents.

Benkanahalli village has 552 males and 562 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Benkanahalli has about 1018 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 970.

The pincode recorded for Benkanahalli is 577546. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Benkanahalli covers 1016.02 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Benkanahalli falls under Hiriyur tehsil of Chitradurga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Benkanahalli is Somaguddu, about 38 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 Benkanahalli.

Benkanahalli is about 55 km from Chitradurga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Benkanahalli is in Hiriyur tehsil of Chitradurga district. Hiriyur is about 30 km away. Hiriyūr is about 30 km away. Somaguddu is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.