About Benakanahalli Village

Benakanahalli is a mid sized village in Channagiri tehsil, in the district of Davanagere, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,029, made up of 520 males and 509 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 979 females per 1000 males. The village covers 948.31 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577551, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Benakanahalli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Benakanahalli village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Davanagere
Tehsil	Channagiri
Pincode	577551
Area (hectares)	948.31 hectares
Population	1,029
Male Population	520
Female Population	509
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	979
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Benakanahalli compares

By the 2011 count Benakanahalli is the 93rd largest of the 188 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,460 residents. Its 948.31 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 983.

Getting to Benakanahalli

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

Benakanahalli lies about 38 km from Davanagere, and the nearest railway station is Hanumanahalli, about 31 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 Benakanahalli
Tehsil headquarters	Channagiri	18 km
Nearest railway station	Hanumanahalli	31 km
District headquarters	Davanagere	38 km

Villages closest to Benakanahalli

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Benakanahalli village had a population of 1,029. That makes it the 93rd largest of the 188 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,460 residents.

Benakanahalli village has 520 males and 509 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Benakanahalli has about 979 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 983.

The pincode recorded for Benakanahalli is 577551. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Benakanahalli covers 948.31 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.

Benakanahalli falls under Channagiri tehsil of Davanagere district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Benakanahalli is Hanumanahalli, about 31 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 Benakanahalli.

Benakanahalli is about 38 km from Davanagere in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Benakanahalli is in Channagiri tehsil of Davanagere district. Channagiri is about 18 km away. Hanumanahalli is about 31 km away. Davanagere is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.